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What are the main types of ocean pollutants?
Lily Pond Pollution Types (2020) (EPA)
Algae
Murky Water
Nuisance Plants and Animals
Cohasset Harbor Pollution Types (2020) (EPA)
healthy for swimming and boating
Good levels of aquatic life
Impaired Fish, and shellfish consumption
Bacteria and other microbes were found in the water
National Pollutants
Most Common (MP)
Soil
Can kill tiny animals and fish eggs
Covers the surface and blocks light from plants
Clogs gills of fish
Nutrients
Usually Fertilizers coming from farms, and flowing into bodies of water
Nitrogen, and phosphorus turn algae green/ turn water green
Bacteria
Usually from sewage spills
Plastic (NG)
Shopping Bags
Bottles/ bottle caps
Cigarette Butts
Food wrappers
Fishing gear
Has become known as one of the most harmful types of pollution
Can take hundreds of years to decompose
Around 1 garbage truck full of plastic is emptied into the ocean per minute (Plastic Bank)
Microfibers (Space Daily)
About 13,000 tons are let into European water every year
When your washing machine is run thousands of microfibers are released into local bodies of water
Stormwater (Mr. Buckley)
Hail
Snow
Any water that flows over land, and covers a surface
Rain
As it runs into larger bodies of water it picks up chemicals, oil, dirt, and other pollutants. The river flows into the ocean, and brings the pollutants with it, which causes ocean pollution.
Animal and human waste (Mr. Buckley)
When the septic system leaks the waste goes into local bodies of water and contaminates the water
100's of gallons of waste water a day are put into Cohasset harbor, from toilets flushing (Contains Fecal Coli form)
Mainly sewer water
Medicine in waste can harm ocean life by putting the product into their system. Sometimes the effect of the medicine can be deadly to animals
When we eat meat the leftover waste from the animal is thrown away, and can contaminate the water if it gets to the ocean
Decomposing Times (TPP 23)
Styrofoam Cup (500 years-forever)
Aluminum Can (80-200 years)
Milk Carton (5 years)
Microplastics (NOAA)
Minuscule parts of beauty products
Toothpaste
Cleansers
Were put in beauty products around 50 years ago
On December 28, 2015 Barack Obama Signed the Micro bead Free Waters Act to end the use of micro beads in beauty products
Pass through filters because of their size
Aquatic Life and birds can mistake microplastics for food
Can harm sea life from whales to plankton (NG)
Sources
(Plastic Bank)
https://go.gale.com/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=T003&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=SingleTab&hitCount=6&searchType=AdvancedSearchForm¤tPosition=6&docId=GALE%7CA663839262&docType=Article&sort=Relevance&contentSegment=ZBCI&prodId=GPS&pageNum=1&contentSet=GALE%7CA663839262&searchId=R4&userGroupName=mlin_s_cohasset&inPS=true
(NG)
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/marine-pollution
(MP)
https://medlineplus.gov/waterpollution.html#cat_83
(NOAA)
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/microplastics.html
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(EPA)
https://www.epa.gov/environmental-topics/water-topics
(Space Daily)
https://go.gale.com/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=T003&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=SingleTab&hitCount=6&searchType=AdvancedSearchForm¤tPosition=1&docId=GALE%7CA626400124&docType=Article&sort=Relevance&contentSegment=ZGPP-MOD1&prodId=GPS&pageNum=1&contentSet=GALE%7CA626400124&searchId=R4&userGroupName=mlin_s_cohasset&inPS=true
(Mr Buckley)
(TPP)
https://soraapp.com/open