Cruise Ship Industry Should be Regulated for Health, Environmental Factors, Say Researchers

Researchers are calling on the cruise ship industry to be effectively regulated to minimize the risk it poses to health, including to passengers, staff and land-based residents who live near ports or work in shipyards. Risks listed by researchers include infectious diseases such as COVID-19, noise and air pollution, as well as difficult work environments for boat and shipyard staff. The international research team also determined that cruising was a major source of environmental pollution and degradation, with air, water, soil, fragile habitats and wildlife affected. Evidence was gathered from more than 200 research papers on the health of people and the environment in different oceans and seas around the world.

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