PREVENTING OCEAN POLLUTION

OCEAN POLLUTION AFFECTS

Ecosystem
Public health
Recreational water quality
Economic viability

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THE CAUSES OF OCEAN POLLUTION

TYPE

SOURCES

Debris

Ships; fishing nets; containers; shoreline

litter

Toxic

Fertilizers and pesticides; wastewaters;

sewage systems; fuel combustion

Oil

Shipping; off-shore oil and gas drilling;

accidental spills; land activities

Metal

Metal mining; manufacturing and

processing industries

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THE IMPACT OF DEBRIS POLLUTION

Degrades beaches
Entangles marine life
causing

Drowning
Starvation
Attack by predators

Destroys habitats
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DEBRIS POLLUTION AFFECTS

TURTLES

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THE IMPACT OF TOXIC POLLUTION

Reduces water clarity

Alters food chains
Creates poison and disease risks
Marine life
Human health

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NUTRIENT AND PESTICIDE

POLLUTION

Toxic algae
grows

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Algae
decays

Bacteria
feed on
the dead
algae

Oxygen
level
depleted

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AND THEN

Dead
Zone

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THE IMPACT OF OIL POLLUTION

Organisms and larvae
Near-shore marine life
Birds
Mammals

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THE IMPACT OF METAL POLLUTION

Changes reproduction of
marine life

Suppresses growth in marine

life

Appears in global food chain

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Make Waves to Fight Ocean

Pollution
1. Properly dispose of chemicals
2. Use less toxic household chemicals
3. Recycle plastic, glass, paper, and electronics
4. Share and make others aware
5. Organize neighborhood/community clean-up
days

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