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Water Pollution
The great oceans are dying. The effects of pollution are taking their toll on marine life. As the Earth’s waters are being attacked by natural and man-made contaminants, marine plants and animals are paying the high price.
The definition of water pollution is the “con ....
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.... lodged in its stomach, and three feet of ribbon in its intestines. Most plastics take hundreds of years to break down. Many of the discarded items will sink to the ocean floor where they will combine with sediments, thus prolonging their duration in the sea.
Other point sources of pollution include oil spills, and sewage treatment facilities. Whether intentional or accidental, the contamination of the ocean by these sources can be detrimental to ocean life. In June, 1979, a blowout of the Ixtoc oil well caused 600,000 tons of oil to be spilled into the Gulf of Mexico ....
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