The Consequences Of Marine Pollution

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It kills 3.3 million people every year all year round, and 55,000 of those people are American. Environmental pollution is one out of the many hazardous things that is affecting us and our planet earth as well. Not only will this information explain why pollution is a huge threat to our lives, but it will explain whom is involved in this, the many different consequences that it brings about us; and how we could decrease the amount of pollution in the world today.
Environmental pollution is the contamination of chemical substances that surround any amount of area that affects humans, animals, and other living organisms that are a part of the world. Whether it is gas fumes being released from your truck, or sewage that is spilling out into bodies of water, all forms of pollution is a threat. These two examples fall under a few other main causes of pollution. These are, industrial development, technological development, transportation, and agriculture.
On the technological side of things, electronic making factories pollute the air by
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Having watched a mini documentary, this is a very sad and heartbreaking thing that is happening all around the world. Most people don’t even know that it is a thing. Marine pollution is when the human waste we can digest, eventually ends up in the oceans and severely endangers the aquatic life. Solid waste, liquid waste, chemicals, substances, plastic, aluminum cans, foil, diapers, so much more items that are non-biodegradable, are just thrown out into the oceans and left there. Statistics show that 80% of marine pollution, starts on land. Think about that for a second. Plastics not recycled justify for over 60% of marine waste. This is creating dead zones as many as 400 of them in areas underwater where organisms cannot sustain to live and thus, creating less area for aquatic life to

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