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when a fish eats a harmful chemical or pollutant and we eat the fish, the chemical or pollutant will be passed onto us, allowing disease or death
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoWell for starters, our clean water supply is decreasing dramatically, and if we want clean water, we are having to pay more and more to have big machines purify it. Also, when certain pollutants mix, they become extremely dangerous, possibly to plants and animals. Without these plants (like crops) and animals (like livestock), we don't have as much food!
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∙ 9y agoWater pollution affects life on earth in many ways. It can cause diseases, the death of aquatic animals, it disrupts the natural food chain and destroys the ecosystem.
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Does the water pollution in China's lakes and rivers affect the people and wild life?
yes
How does water pollution affect New Zealand?
It is killing wild life and cutting down our food resourses.
Whom does water pollution affect?
The creatures that live in the water. Like fish and coral and seaweed and other life.
Discuss the implications for life if a body of water is affected by thermal pollution?
There are serious implication for life is a body of water is affected by thermal pollution. Any sea life living in the water can be killed off. This will impact the food chain. Any changes to the Earth have the ability to impact all forms of life.
How does pollution affect an animal's life?
Pollution hurts animals. Sometimes kills the animal.
Is pollution earth science or life science?
Earth Science I believe
When land pollution start?
When life on earth started.
How does the pollution of marine life affect men?
When the water is polluted by oil spills, agriculture chemicals, heat, factories waste, garbage and sewage.
What will happen if humans don't stop ocean pollution?
You would have to remove all life from the planet to stop water pollution.
How life on earth affected by pollution?
Life on Earth is greatly affected by pollution because it causes animal and plant deaths, together with a change in the environment that damages all ecosystems.
How does Water Pollution affect the environment and hurt Mother Nature?
Water is required by every known species of animal, fish, etc, and if the pollution gets into the body of the aquatic life, it's going to end up as part of our food chain.
What are facts about water pollution?
Water is a natural resource and continual pollution of the earth's water supply can be a threat to human life. About 70% of industrial waste is dumped into bodies of water, the largest amount of water is in the ocean, and 14 billion pounds of trash are dumped in the ocean every year.
