75f588c0-9f92-4082-b9e0-ae5b5f05c9a0 eng dataset Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC data@jncc.gov.uk pointOfContact 2018-05-17 UK Biodiversity Indicator B5b, Marine pollution 2016-01-19 2016-01-19 75f588c0-9f92-4082-b9e0-ae5b5f05c9a0 This spreadsheet is the underlying data for the biodiversity indicator B5b, Marine pollution. Pollution by hazardous heavy metals and pesticides can have adverse effects on the marine environment and biodiversity. Pollutants enter coastal waters either directly from point sources on UK coasts and estuaries or are carried via rivers. One of the goals of the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (the OSPAR Convention) is to implement the Hazardous Substances Strategy by making progressive endeavours, through appropriate actions and measures, to move towards the targets of the cessation of discharges, emissions and losses of hazardous substances by the year 2020. The indicator shows changes in the relative input of six of the most hazardous substances to the UK marine environment; five heavy metals (cadmium, copper, lead, mercury, and zinc) and one organic compound, lindane (also known as gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane). While many measures have already been put in place to prevent these persistent contaminants from entering the environment (e.g. bans on lead in petrol, marketing restrictions on the use of cadmium and mercury, a ban on the use of lindane), there are still reservoirs of these contaminants from legacy use in soils and sediments which are mobilised by various weather events. This is one of a suite of 24 UK biodiversity indicators published by JNCC on behalf of Defra; the latest publication date was 19 January 2016 - for indicator B5b the latest data are for 2013. The supporting technical document details the methodology used to create the indicator. Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC data@jncc.gov.uk distributor Marine UK Biodiversity Evidence Biodiversity cadmium copper heavy metal indicator lead lindane mercury zinc Released under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Attribution statement "Contains public sector information from Defra Marine Strategy and Evidence Division, using data provided by: Environment Agency, Northern Ireland Environment Agency, and Scottish Environment Protection Agency, licenced under the Open Government Licence v3.0" otherRestrictions No limitations eng environment -8.65 2.0 49.77 61.0 1990 2013 http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-6183 Data set supported by a Word document (B5b - Marine pollution.docx) containing all of the website text, and two jpeg images (UKBI2015_B5bi_FinalV2.jpg, UKBI2015_B5bii_Final.jpg). Microsoft Excel for Windows Unknown http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-6183 page-6183 Source: Defra Marine Strategy and Evidence Division, using data provided by: Environment Agency, Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Scottish Environment Protection Agency.