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Diaz, SummerPeriod 6, Ms.Meza

English

Pollution on

Our Planet

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Introduction

What is Pollution? Pollution is like oil spills, toxic waste, smog,

and wastewater .How does pollution affect us? Pollution affects out airand oceans, making essential things start to decline .Is pollution a bigdeal? Pollution is a big deal, because it affects not only your health andwell being, but the whole worlds too. Pollution is a problem.

How does ocean pollution affect our diets? The more sea life thatdies with ocean pollution is the more that declines for our seafood diet.Why is air pollution bad for us all? Air pollution can cause us to getsick, and damage our lungs. Why is pollution disrupting the naturalorder? It makes things not as they are and only creates trouble.Pollution is bad, and pollution is killing our planet.

Key Findings

Firstly, ocean pollution affects us all. Buzzle.com saids that,statistics reveal that approximately 80 percent of ocean pollution island based, or human induced to be precise. The fish population isalready decreasing drastically (buzzle.com). Every year, one Americanproduces over 3,285 pounds of hazardous waste (dosomething.org).That hazardous waste will most likely end up in the ocean! Did youknow that, 40% of Americas rivers and 46% of Americas lakes aretoo polluted for fishing, swimming, or aquatic life (dosomething.org)?!

If oceans, lakes, and rivers are even more contaminated; what will wedo?

Secondly, air pollution makes all of us very unhealthy.Hazardous air pollutants are emitted with the various numbers ofactivities that we carry out during the day,- buzzle.com. Activities likedriving are a main factor of air pollution. Many things contribute to airpollution. Vehicle exhaust contributes roughly 60% of all carbonmonoxide emissions nationwide, and up to 95% in cities(dosomething.org). Cars are responsible for some air pollutionbecause of smog, but people sometimes choose to ignore their cars

faults. Air pollution is not just a problem in the US but all around theworld.

Finally, pollution disrupts the natural order. Pollution disruptsfood chains (library.thinkquest.org). Pollution causes major disrupts onout planet. Pollution destroys cities! According to the report four ofthe most polluted US cities are located in California, with Bakersfieldbeing described as the dirtiest city in the U.S. (citymayors.com). Los

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Angeles comes in second! We in the second most partically pollutedcity in the United States cities!

Interpretation of Results

With polluted drinking water around the world, people end upsuffering, and getting water- based diseases! People die because ofocean pollution! Also, not just people are harmed, but animals too! Wewill loose a main source of food, and nutrition, to ocean pollution. Wehumans need to start acting more humane, and take care of outplanet! We need to be more careful in how we handle our garbage andsewage! We have to stop being wasteful, unclean, and start beingmore aware of ocean pollution.

We can do many things to prevent air pollution! Yet most peopledont make any effort to even try to make a difference. Barely anybody

gives their compliance to really make a difference. We can carpool,stop smoking, and walk more than ride! Solar powered cars would notburn gasoline, so if we used those, we would have one more solution!There are a wide variety of things you can do! You can even insulateyour house!

Is this the kind of world we want to live in? The own city we liveour lives in, is polluted. Pollution disrupts our daily lives, and weshouldnt suffer through that! We should be able to live in a sanitaryenvironment! Littering in the ocean kills fish and other sea organisms.This issue cannot dissipate of the face of the planet! To know our own

city is unhealthy makes it harder for people to live here, especiallywhen 3 other cities in the state are the most polluted!

Bibliography

Air Pollution- Oracle.Thinkquest- www.library.thinkquest.org- 28 May,2011

Half of Americans still affected by dangerous pollution levels-CityMayorsEnvironment- www.citymayors.com- 28 May, 2011

Naik, Abhijit -Ocean Pollution Facts Buzzle.com- www.buzzle.com- 28May, 2011

Ocean Pollution- Oracle.Thinkquest- www.library.thinkquest.org- 28May, 2011

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Water Pollution-Oracle.Thinkquest-www.library.thinkquest.org- 28 May,2011

11 facts about Pollution-DoSomething.org-www.Dosomething.org- 28

May, 2011