Which of the following would be classified as a pollutant by the World Health Organization?

a) natural oil seeps
b) mercury leaching from undersea rocks
c) warmer than normal surface water from El Nino causing widespread coral death
d) sediments dumped into nearshore water by coastal construction
e) all of the above


D

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