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Toxic Tides and Marine Maladies
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Emerging contaminants from human medicine flushed to sea
  • 2. Nutrient overload causing algal bloom suffocation
  • 3. Aquatic farming vulnerable to contaminant influx
  • 5. Fertilizer components triggering marine dead zones
  • 6. Photosynthetic bloom, red or otherwise, impacting oxygen
  • 8. Tiny polymer fragments infiltrating aquatic ecosystems
  • 17. Study underpinning pollution impact on seawater
  • 19. Property of chemicals dissolving in fatty tissues
Down
  • 4. Heavy metal linked to shellfish toxicity
  • 7. Incremental toxin build-up through the food chain
  • 9. Process removing toxic chlorine from water effluents
  • 10. Base trophic group harmed by chemical contaminants
  • 11. Weathered petroleum lumps washed ashore
  • 12. Chemicals used to break down oil slicks
  • 13. Biological conversion exacerbating oxygen depletion
  • 14. Untreated effluent that drives eutrophic chaos
  • 15. Marine paint additives toxic to barnacle life
  • 16. Oil-derived compounds contaminating marine sediments
  • 18. Rare marine carcinogens linked to pollution exposure
  • 20. Banned industrial compounds persisting in marine biota

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