POLLUTION AND THE OCEAN
TOXIC WASTE
Another cause
of pollution is toxic waste. Toxic waste
is a poisonous material that not only harms the ocean, but humans, too. Toxic waste pollution has a huge impact on our
health and can harm many plants and animals that live in the ocean. Why is it harmful to us if it ends up in the
ocean? Well, it’s because of the food
chain. A fish could eat some kind of
toxic pollution, and we could end up eating the fish as seafood. Toxic waste ends up in the ocean by leaking
off of the landfills, mines, farms, etc.
The most harmful waste is lead.
It can cause a lot of health problems to us, and marine animals.