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Plastic is the main pollutant in oceans.
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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that plastic is the main pollutant in oceans?
Unclear. Several sources describe plastic as the most common form of marine debris and a serious, growing ocean pollutant, and one notes rivers carry most plastic into the sea. None directly compares plastic against other ocean pollutants to establish it as the main one.
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Evidence for · 5
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Plastic. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic
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Our World in Data: Rivers that contribute the most to ocean plastic pollution. (n.d.). ourworldindata.org. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/plastics-top-rivers
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A Guide to Plastic in the Oceandot gov iconhttps icon. (n.d.). oceanservice.noaa.gov. https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/hazards/marinedebris/plastics-in-the-ocean.html
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The Effects of Plastic and Microplastic Waste on the Marine Environment and the Ocean. (2025). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.24018/ejgeo.2025.6.3.508
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Tim, V. E., Michelle, L., & Kees, V. O. (2019). Riverine plastic emission from Jakarta into the ocean. inis.iaea.org. https://inis.iaea.org/records/8vrfq-5de03
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