How does marine pollution affect us?

Answer 1

Community Answer 1

For centuries the oceans have been treated like sewage dumps. Polluting the oceans is a horrible act and the result can be devastating to all living things. Many people don't think about that when they go and pollute the beaches. Now it's time that all people take a stand and help clean up this tragic mess we have made over millions of years.

Two- thirds of marine life is endangered now. There are three main reasons why they are all endangered. One reason is that with all the trash and chemicals in the ocean water it becomes difficult for the marine life to breathe. That will kill them really quick. Next, is that many animals like turtles, choke on garbage because they think its food. The last main reason is when toxic waste harms one organism; it will end up harming a whole food chain of marine life.

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Community Answer 2

There is a long list of pollutants in the ocean including garbage, toxic waste, vehicle and boating pollution, waste water, oils, farming, and agriculture. The top two major pollutants are toxic waste and chemicals. There are ways to stop some of these polluting habits but they won't completely stop it for good. Think of how you can help in your own little way.

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Community Answer 3

It affects it because the animals will die because of all the pollution also because of what we humans like litter or oil gets thrown into the ocean and kills the fish and other animals in the ocean.

When people dump waste or spray chemical sprays anywhere, when there is rain, they get washed to the rivers then straight to the waterfalls then go to the oceans polluting marine life that kills corals, aquatic mammals, fishes, sea birds (that eat fish), sea snakes, crustaceans, amphibians, and reptiles (that eats fish and other sea creatures)

Other animals that eat fish will become poisoned because if fish gets poisoned, it wont die it will just keep growing and will become a mutant and, when something eats the mutant, it will get poisoned too and, when a mother eats a mutant (or something else that ate the mutant) will be worse as if she will pass her poison to newborn babies drinking her milk.

Pollution is a bad thing that should be stopped. We are killing all marine life. So use environmentally safe sprays.

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Community Answer 4

We need to do all we can to help stop pollution. its not only killing animals but its also killing us, humans.

Water Pollution gets into marine animals lungs and kills them. pollution is just like a poison to us. on contact it kills them. every year more and more are showing up floating on top of the water dead. we need to stop this.

Answer 2

Well, by polluting the marine life, we are killing the fish. And if too many fish are killed, then men cant go fishing. which means they will have to do more productive things. Like taking out the trash.

Answer 3

Pollution of marine habitat can cause disease of fish that humans may ultimatley concume.

Answer 4

Marine pollution is leakage in the oil side of the cruise at sea floating on the sea, anddiscarded garbage floating in the sea, making the water pollution, marine organisms can not survive.

Answer 5

by killing them