POLLUTION AND
THE OCEAN
GARBAGE
DUMPING
One of the main
reasons of ocean pollution is garbage dumping.
What is garbage dumping, you ask?
When humans dump their garbage or other harmful
materials into the ocean. Most of
these materials are from garbage, the water from bathing, and plastics. The garbage can also come from sewage. Whenever the sewage pipes overflow from heavy
rains or floods, it can make its way into the ocean or a river or another
source that leads into the ocean. Sewage
pollution can also lead to oxygen depletion.
It could have diseases and could be very bad for the ocean, which would
result in beach closings. Garbage
dumping is bad for the sea life, too. A
fish of some sort can eat a piece of plastic, for example, thinking it would be
food. Then, it could die from
suffocation.