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Pollution And Pollution Essay

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For millions of years, all organisms have relied and survived on what the planet provides but in the last century industries have peaked and its production was the highest during the last ten years These industries produce carbon monoxide causing many problems for the earth's health like global warming and pollution. Although there is help for pollution reduction not enough is being done to preserve the earth’s natural resources-air,water, and soil.

What is global warming? Global warming is; a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants. These pollutants do not appear out of …show more content…

All over the world people depend on plastic, plastic water bottles, plastic cups, plastic plates etc. Many people see plastic as something they can use over and over again, which they can. Yet, others are not too fond of repeatedly using the same object. A New York Times article, Raising Awareness of Plastic Waste by Bettina Wassener exclaims, “About 300 million tons of plastic is produced globally each year. Only about 10 percent of that is recycled. Of the plastic that is simply trashed, an estimated seven million tons ends up in the sea each year.” (Wassener 2) As a result, this marine debris is usually non biodegradable which means, it cannot be decomposed without damaging the environment. Allegedly there is billions if not, trillions of pieces of plastic in the ocean. Of course, this is not including how many pounds of oil and toxic waste that is thrown into the seas everyday. Now, where do these non degradable objects go? Richard Thompson, marine biologist at Plymouth University in the United Kingdom, researched that in 2007, 44,006 incidents of animals that had eaten plastic bits or been tangled in plastic rope or netting. Around 80 percent of the time, these encounters injured or killed the animal. 30,896 being sea animals and approximately 7,000 being seabirds alone (Thompson 1). Thousands of these animals die every year and each year it is increasing due to the demand

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