Negative Effects On Animal Pollution

Over the years many animals have been affected by the trash in the ocean. The trash can affect the animals by making animals eat and pick up plastic, by trapping animals in a net, and by cutting their wounds. The trash is causing animals to die, mainly from the plastic objects and from getting cut by trash or by getting stuck in the trash. Some animals mistake plastic for food. When the animals eat the plastic their organs can get ruptured. In addition to that, animals mistake plastic for food because the plastic smells like krill (a small fish that is found in the ocean, and a fish that is eaten by some animals). Another reason why animals die is because of ghost gear. Ghost gear is what people call fishing supplies that were thrown into

Claim: Pollution could affect wildlife like fish, birds, and others by hurting or killing them due to trash or litter stuck in weeds or floating above the water in the air.

Innocent animals die each year due to pollution of waters and beaches. Lots of people have seen the picture of the turtle trapped in plastic. That is truly unbearable. Sea turtles mistake plastic for food. About 52% of the sea turtle population ate some form of plastic. Another shows that about 90% of sea birds ate some form of plastic. Thats a lot of animals! Plastics are not only killing the large animals, the microplastics are killing Zooplankton. Zooplankton also mistake microplastics for food. When an oil spill is caused it changes the health of sea animals

Another major health risk that occurs when our oceans are being polluted is that the seafood becomes contaminated with chemicals. Chemicals are beginning to move up the food chain and soon into our plates. Research and studies show that plastic is absorbed by animals when it floats in waters and when these innocent fish and marine life ingest these foods it is endangering the marine ecosystem as a whole.

Chemical compounds that are commonly heard of today such as BPA (bisphenol A) is a toxic compound found mostly in plastics and then are dumped into oceans that begin to poison our waters where humans, but mostly animals drink and ingest through the nose. (Barry, 2009). Another toxic chemical such as PVC (polyvinyl chloride) can be harmful to animals on land and in sea can leak from plastic water bottles. This intoxicates the water where animals drink and swim, causing them to grow ill and maybe even die. (Breast Cancer Fund, http://www.breastcancerfund.org/clear-science/environmental-breast-cancer-links/plastics/?referrer=https://www.google.com/) By eliminating much of the plastics consumption that ends up in the oceans, we will prevent animals and humans also from being affected by the harmful chemicals being produced.

Human Impact: Water pollution can sometimes directly harm Seahorses and other sea life, especially pesticide, oil and gas. Other pollutants include nitrogen, phosphorus, sewage and waste runoff that can cause algae blooms which create oxygen-free dead zones as they die off and rot.

One of the many kinds of pollution that exist is water pollution. Many threats and dangers to ocean species from pollution are found in the ocean. Plastic may be the largest threat to water pollution problems. Other problems may also result from oil spills, sewage spills, and trash. Plastic products pose the biggest water pollution problem. Items such as bottles and plastic bags that find their way into the ocean are often mistaken for food by hungry sea turtles, dolphins, whales and sea birds; killing the ocean animals by suffocation. Those plastics also contain toxic chemicals which can be dangerous posing a threat to all marine wildlife and also to humans.

There are so many reasons why pollution in Oceans water are the worst in the world. Oil is a Natural resource that most people use, it is found on certain areas in the world such as the bottom of Oceans. Oils spills can be involved as the result of deliberate sabotage or illegal dumping. Depending on the location and the condition, they have several techniques can be used to clean up the oil spills. 37 million gallons of oils is spilled in the Oceans each year. Most consequences of water pollution is caused by mishandling of oil products Proper disposal and recycling of used oils can go along way to help to prevent oil pollution in the water. In conclusion oil spills are so dangerous animals and maybe peolpe could die of oil pollution in waters.

When looking at the ocean pollution caused by people it impacts animals and ourselves as humans. For many years, the unregulated dumping of chemicals, toxins and other waste directly into lakes, rivers, streams and oceans triggered disease and other risks to humans and wildlife(Calhoun 89). This can affect

Chemical pollutants, such as petroleum, are known to weaken their immune system (Why Endangered, ¶4). This not only affects the turtles directly but also their food source and a new disease called fibropapillomas may be linked to ocean pollution . People assume that the chemicals that go in the ocean will not have a big effect but in reality the concentration of the chemical gets greater and greater as energy and nutrients move up the food chain (Information About Threats, ¶14). More than 100 million different types of marine animals are killed each year from plastic in the ocean. Over 80% of the plastics that find their way into the ocean come from storm drains, beach streets and wind blowing pieces from landfills. Some of the dangerous plastics are so small that they are invisible to the naked eye. An example is the leather backs who eat jellyfish as the main part of their diet closely resemble plastic bags, balloons, bottles, degraded buoys, plastic packaging, and food wrappers that they cannot distinguish between and end up eating. (Information About Threats, ¶7). The effects of marine debris are unknown but include discarded/lost fishing gear, steel and monofilament line, synthetic and natural rope,plastic onion stacks, and discarded plastic netting.

Everyday items such as bottles and plastic that are carelessly thrown on the streets eventually end up around wildlife. Litter creates an unhealthy environment towards wildlife that could put them in danger. A lot of the time animals end up eating the litter, have a hard time digesting it which puts them in a fragile state where they may end up dead. The living environment for wildlife is also affected by litter because their surroundings become trashed. Marine wildlife such as whales,

We 're treating the oceans like a trash bin: around 80 percent of marine litter originates on land, and most of that is plastic. Plastic that pollutes our oceans and waterways has severe impacts on our environment and our economy. Seabirds, whales, sea turtles and other marine life are eating marine plastic pollution and dying from choking, intestinal blockage and starvation. Scientists are investigating the long-term impacts of toxic pollutants absorbed, transported, and consumed by fish and other marine life, including the potential effects on human health.

Our oceans are so polluted that 100,000 marine mammals die each year from trash related ocean pollution. (The Gale Encyclopedia, 2014). Our oceans are in such critical condition due to several types of marine pollution. From the causes and staggering statistics, to the drastic effects on marine life, and the extent of solutions it is clear that marine pollution has a colossal negative impact on our oceans.

Due to their regurgitation ability; most studies have focused on the ingestion of plastic pollution by bird, this does little harm to birds used in the studies. The effects of ingestible plastic on fish have not been studied as thoroughly and no studies have been conducted on filter-feeding organisms, which do not possess a feeding mechanism which would allow them to distinguish between plastic and plankton. Plastic pollution is only getting worse due to increasing population of developing countries. A wide variety of marine species is known to be harmed by plastic debris. This could threaten the survival of certain species, especially since many are sadly endangered by other types of anthropogenic actions.

There are many different types of water pollution. These types of pollutants in the rivers and lakes will kill the fishes and other sea animals. Some types of pollution are Runoffs, Oil pollution, Sewage, and Organic. Sea pollution is not bad for everyone; the water companies make more money when there is more pollution in the water. On the other end many corporations depend on unpolluted water for their fishing industries. Sea water pollution causes many different problems in the world. In