活動報告
Overseas Field Training：Sediment core sampling in South Arica
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Maki Ito
Master’s program 2nd year, Department of Environmental Science on Biosphere,
Graduate School of Agriculture
Destination and period: Durban, South Africa, 1st -10th Sep., 2012
Abstract
The objective of this training was to collect sediment cores in Durban, South Africa, to investigate marine pollution by POPs.
We worked in scientific collaborations with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Durban. Core sampling was
carried out with the CSIR staff members and it was completed very successfully. Three core samples were collected in Durban Bay
and two in Isipingo Bay. The analytical results of the cores are expected to give us important information about the pollution sources
when they are compared with results of plastic resin pellets and air samples from Durban. On the other hand, we were confronted
with discrimination problems during this training in South Africa. Some areas like slums did not allow us to enter because its public
security was not good enough. However, those areas are a possible source of pollution so we should not leave behind these problems.
In the future, I would like to change this kind of discriminated people’s lifestyle to a healthier and safer one for everyone.
Key words: Marine pollution, POPs, Sediment core