Our Affect On Our Water Sources
Negatives and poitives
TOXIC WASTE
Toxic waste: a material that can cause death, injury or birth defects to living creatures. It spreads quite easily and can contaminate lakes, rivers, and the atmosphere.
How we play a part in it:
~ Industries and sewage treatment plants discharging wastes into water ways
~Air emissions from manufacturing businesses
~ Household chemicals being flushed into water ways
~Toxic pesticides being dragged with run off and other products
positive impact: recycling things that are made to be recycled
what it looks like
1 example of negative impact
1 example of positive impact
OVER FISHING
Over Fishing: taking fish out of its habitat faster than they could reproduce
How we play a part in it:
~ the fishing fleets we have are two to three times as large as needed
~ our fishing methods are unsustainable in their own way
~ over 25% of all the world's fish stocks are either overexploited or depleted
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positive impact: management rules to prevent the unintentional killing and disposal of fish
what it looks like
1 example of negative impact
1 example of positive impact
OIL SPILLS
Oil spills are: an accidental release of oil into a body of water.
How we play a part in it:
~ the increasing need for oil.
~ people making mistakes or being careless.
~ equipment breaking down.
~natural disasters such as hurricanes.
~deliberate acts by terrorists, countries at war, vandals, or illegal dumpers.
Positive impact: BP Gulf commitment is making a difference every day by cleaning the ocean as much as they can.
POLUTTION
Pollution is:
How we play a part in it:
Ways we can reduce it:
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DEAD ZONES
Dead Zones are:
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Ways we can prevent it:
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