In the article "Murky Waters" it states how the ocean is threated because many people are throwing away trash on the beaches, especially plastic. I agree with the article that the ocean is threatened and we should step up and do something to solve the problem. One reason I agree with the article is that because it states "More than 250 dolphins with eerie smiles plastered on their ulcerated mouths washed ashore along the Atlantic Coast during the summer of 1987; coastal sewage laced with industrial toxins is a prime suspect in their deaths"(Issues & Controversies). This shows how the toxins affected the dolphin’s bodies by poisoning them. Knowing this fact, should make people feel bad about them, about how they are killing innocent lives by just littering. There was a similar disaster where plastics were thrown into the Bering Sea which killed about 40,000 fur seals. This shows how humans are evil beings who litter, causing death to innocent lives of sea creatures in the ocean. Another reason I agree with this article is that because fish are losing their homes because in "Alabama, Mobile Bay residents wade into the waters, net up thousands of the struggling fish, crabs and shrimp, and haul them home in garbage cans"(Issues & Controversies). Sea creatures are losing their homes because of this disaster of people hauling them home in garbage cans. Also in the article it states how Los Angeles beach-goers leave around 75 tons of trash on the beach which then eventually floats into the ocean causing harm to the animals in the ocean. Lastly, I agree with the article that we should step up and do something although it will "take time, patience and money to determine what we must do to regain our healthy oceans"(Issues & Controversies). Although it will take a while we can't wait for another innocent life to be taken away by us lousy humans. Therefore we should not wait and let things get out of hand, but what we should do it go out there and save innocent lives.
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Goodavage, Maria. "Murky Waters." Modern Maturity. Aug./Sept. 1989: 44-50. SIRS Researcher. Web. 09 Jun 2011
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Goodavage, Maria. "Murky Waters." Modern Maturity. Aug./Sept. 1989: 44-50. SIRS Researcher. Web. 09 Jun 2011
I'm quite afraid the garbage in oceans mostly doesn't come from litter on beaches. It's rather illegal waste from passenger boats, perhaps someone even uses boats just to trash shite in the sea. BTW, I don't see e.g. how thousands of plastic tampon applicators (be their manufacturer crucified) could end up on beaches in Sardinia. Did you ever see a woman changing tampon on a beach, throwing the applicator in the sand? No, that's not the way it got there.
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