Although marine pollution has a long history, significant international laws to counter it were enacted in the twentieth century. Marine pollution was a concern during several United Nations Conferences on the Law of the Sea beginning in the 1950s. Most scientists believed that the oceans were so vast that they had unlimited ability to dilute and thus render harmless, pollution. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, there were several controversies about dumping radioactive waste off the coast of the United States by companies licensed by the Atomic Energy Commission, into the Irish Sea from the British reprocessing facility at Wind scale, and into the Mediterranean Sea by the French commissariat a' l'Energie Atomique. After the Mediterranean Sea controversy, for example, Jacques Cousteau became a worldwide figure in the campaign to stop marine pollution made further international headlines after 1967 crash of the oil tanker Torrey Canyon and after the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill off the coast of California. Marine pollution was a major area of discussion during the 1972 Unites Nations Conference on the Human Environment, held in Stockholm. That year also saw the signing of the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and other Matter, sometimes called the London Convention. The London Convention did not ban marine pollution but it established black and gray lists for substances to be banned (black) or regulated by national authorities (gray). Cyanide and high level radioactive waste for example were put on the black list. The London Convention applied only to waste dumped from ships and thus did nothing to regular waste discharged as liquids from pipelines Wikipedia.org Taken from workbook interactive English Junior High School 2 Grade VIII p.46 What is the text about? 1. What is the text about? 2. What is the second paragraph about? 3. Did only United States concern with it? Show it in the text 4. So how long had it been discussed until a worldwide campaign to stop it? 5. What would you have done if you had been the chairman of the United States at that time?

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The text is about the history of marine pollution and international laws enacted to counter it.
The second paragraph discusses several controversies about dumping radioactive waste off the coast of the United States by companies licensed by the Atomic Energy Commission, into the Irish Sea from the British reprocessing facility at Wind scale, and into the Mediterranean Sea by the French commissariat a’ l’Energie Atomique.
No, it was not only a concern for the United States. The text mentions that marine pollution was a concern during several United Nations Conferences on the Law of the Sea beginning in the 1950s.
Marine pollution had been discussed for several decades before Jacques Cousteau became a worldwide figure in the campaign to stop marine pollution after controversy in Mediterranean Sea.
If I were the Chairman of the United States at the time, I would have strongly opposed marine pollution and made laws to stop it. This would involve encouraging eco-friendly practices, educating people about the issue, and working together with other countries to address it. It would also mean punishing companies or people who break environmental laws and making them take responsibility for their actions. The ultimate aim would be to protect the ocean and its ecosystems for future generations.

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