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Isotopes such as C-14, Cs137and Pb210 can be used to reconstruct the changes in pollution over time in the
marine sediments, corals etc. which stores information on the pollution during the geological past. This will
enable us to understand and compare the actual impacts of the pollutants.
6 Conclusion
Marine environment is constantly being deteriorated due to human activity. Therefore, it is an emergency need to
evaluate sensitive ecotoxicological endpoints and continuously monitoring pollutants, in order to detect the toxic
effects of compounds in the complexity of marine environments. There are various monitoring programmes
organised by each countries, a group of countries or an international organisation. The importance of
understanding the marine environment and the xenobiotics that deteriorate its quality is very vital as more than
70% of the earth‘s surface is covered by the interconnected bodies of water.
Acknowledgement
The Authors acknowledges the positive comments and suggestions by anonymous reviewers.
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