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CONTAMINANTS SEDIMENT [1 record]

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Record 1 2000-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pollutants
  • Water Pollution
CONT

Dredging to maintain and enlarge harbours and navigation channels has thus become a growing problem: contaminants in sediment can put the aquatic environment at risk and disposal sites sometimes conflict with other uses of the environment.

Key term(s)
  • sediment contaminants
  • sediment contaminant
  • contaminant in sediment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Agents de pollution
  • Pollution de l'eau
CONT

L'entretien et l'agrandissement par dragage des ports et des canaux de navigation posent donc une problématique grandissante qui est associée soit à la présence, dans les sédiments, de polluants qui présentent un risque potentiel pour le milieu aquatique, soit à la présence physique des aires de dépôt, qui peuvent entrer en conflit avec certains usages du milieu.

Key term(s)
  • présence de contaminants dans les sédiments

Spanish

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