Large sources of pollution to the Baltic Sea have been missed by existing monitoring efforts, according to research from Sweden.
The health of the Baltic Sea has been declining since the 1960s, due to the disposal of untreated human waste and toxic materials such as heavy metals.
Countries bordering the Baltic have put together an action plan to stem the tide of contaminants entering the sea.
The pollution hotspots are deceptively small settlements near the coast.
Professor Gia Destouni, from Stockholm University, said these areas were being left without systematic environmental monitoring.
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