The sea pollution with petroproducts near Vladivostok is growing with every passing month, Itar-Tass reports. The entire area of Zolotoy Rog Bay is already covered with an oil film, Itar-Tass learnt on Thursday at the territorial hydrometeorological center. Concentration of petroproducts in water has nearly doubled in the autumn as against summer months.
The high level of pollution was registered over the entire area of the Bay of Amur and Ussuri Bay, which were regarded as pure in the past. These findings were made by specialists of the Primorye hydrometeorological center and the Sea Protection Institute who completed explorations at the network of observation stations, located along the entire coast of Peter the Great Bay.
Explorations showed that sea pollution is rising at a rapid rate near Vladivostok. Concentration of petroproducts in water tops ceiling figures 10-20 times. Experts registered a considerable rise in the content of phenol and mercury.
Scholars called as reasons for this situation the continued discharge into the sea of petroproducts, unpurified sewage and industrial waters as well as a great number of unauthorized junks along the bay.