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Neither the number of areas contaminated with heavy metals nor the extent of the contamination seem to have changed much between 1960 and 1970.
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PRESTON, A. Heavy Metals in British Waters. Nature 242, 95–97 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/242095a0
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