1.   Efforts to expand the tourist industry could be negated by reports that the sea is highly polluted.

2.   Rubbish litters our countryside, toxic fumes are belched into our air and radioactive discharge pollutes our seas.

3.   A helicopter continued spraying dispersant on oil pools which had polluted the sea around the ship.

4.   A helicopter continued to spray dispersant on oil pools polluting the sea around the ship.

5.   Many people familiar with Pattaya would not normally swim at its beaches because the sea there is polluted with waste water from hotels and other seaside establishments.

6.   The oil is being removed to avoid polluting the sea.

7.   Greek coastguards on Monday arrested the captain of a Syrian cargo ship accused of polluting the sea off the island of Makronisos with oil, officials said.

8.   By late Sunday there was no indication that any of the oil had leaked out to pollute the sea.