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oil pollutionnoun [mass noun]Pollution caused by a leak or discharge of oil, typically from a ship: oil pollution is a big problem facing ports handling oil tankers...- Other industry-related expenses include light dues, marine navigation levies and conservancy, and oil pollution levies.
- The problem of oil pollution, therefore, lands squarely at the doorstep of a transportation system based on internal combustion.
- Technologies to prevent or contain oil spills, however, cannot solve the problem of marine oil pollution, since the main cause is not spills, but the consumption of oil.
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