some facts about pollution.
I am the researcher in my group.
- Millions of gallons of sewage are released into the ocean
- Plastic can get into the water from sewage drains and kill fish by having them eat it and choke.
- Fishing nets that are discarded can tangle fish and kill them.
- People can get injured or infected by swimming in polluted water
- Approximately 1.4 billion pounds of trash per year enters the ocean
- Many people dump toxic products (paint) into the sewer; it kills fish and pollutes the ocean
- Each year, millions of dollars are spent to restore and protect areas damaged or endangered by nonpoint source pollutants.
- GET SEAFOOD WATCH ON YOUR ANDROID OR iPHONE NOW! (not really a fact...)
- You can use plastic to make artwork.
- Eighty percent of pollution to the marine environment comes from the land.
- The Pacific Garbage Patch is twice as large as Texas!
- CO2 is getting into the ocean and messing up animals metabolisma picture.
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