The Effects Of Pollution On Our Lives

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The World Decaying The earth is slowly decaying by simple reasons of pollution, ripping the earth raw of its minerals, and just simply not cleaning up our messes. Is it too late for the world to go green or is it better to just let the Earth rot away and search and search for a new planet that can support human life? Our earth has gone from a beautiful green and blue ball of pure perfection to just a dirt sphere of multiple flaws that we have caused. The glaciers in Antarctica are starting to melt and the planet is dying and I don’t think it’s too late to turn away from the way we treat our beloved Earth. Pollution is a major reason to why the Earth is the way it is. The health of wildlife, plant life and human life are decreasing enormously. Air pollution is increasing every day. Our factories and our vehicles are poisoning the air. Air pollution has a great affect on us believe it or not. It, affects our reproductive system, our lungs, and it can affect the birth defects our children have. Air pollution doesn’t only have effect on us personally it has effect on the things around us. The food we eat and the animals around us. Air pollution contaminates toxins that are absorbed by plants and water. Animals consume the plants and water and it carries on from one animal to another. (Wieman, Bethany. "How Does Pollution Affect All Living Things?) Water is so precious to us on this earth and it still seems like very few people really care about how they treat it. It has just

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