Careless human pollutions affect many areas in the world. The wastes that humans disposed and dumped everywhere come back to them in very undesirable manner.
The oil spill of the Exxon Valdez showed the world how horrible the effects of water pollution could be. Even though the spill barely affects the surface of the problem of water pollution, the spill became the turning point for the government to act upon the reactions of the people, an article discussed.
Oil is just one of many pollutants that people dump into the water. Every year, 14 billions of sewage, sludge and garbage are also dumped into the world’s oceans. Annually, 19 trillion of wastes enter water.
Water pollution affects every nation around the globe. The problem had been intensified as the world continued to industrialized and the population increases.
It is not actually illegal to dump pollutants into bodies of water though restricted. It is the major reason why industries, buildings and factories dumped their wastes into oceans and seas. This results to severe and alarming water pollution.
Across the globe, about half of all sewage is dumped into the sea and other bodies of water in its original form. But no one cared to disinfect and remove the harmful pollutants. Even the wastes are treated, sewage form sludge and often sent out to the sea. People should know that the effects are really dangerous. The effects of the chemicals dumped into the water may also vary and depend on the chemicals.
The toxic waste and sewage kill lives that inhabits on water- based ecosystems. This results to often winding up of dead fish, birds, dolphins, etc. on the beaches.
Pollutants like lead and cadmium are eaten by small animals, and then consumed by the fishes and shellfish. The food chain continued to be disrupted at all levels. Eventually, humans are affected. The people get diseases like hepatitis because of eating poisoned seafood.
These events come to the point of restricting the industries from dumping materials into bodies of water. Non- governmental projects and organizations as well as environmental groups help each other in their clean up efforts to maintain the healthy bodies of water.
Industries also cooperate through reducing the amount of chemicals they dumped into seas and oceans. The plastic industry also helped through making their product degradable.
The public has been very influential to the government in implementing environmental laws. Their reactions upon the harmful effects of water pollution became the turning point for the governments to intervene. Somehow, it should not be just the government who should take actions. The public as well should do their part as citizens of the country and as stewards of God.
Source: http://library.thinkquest.org/26026/Environmental_Problems/environmental_problems.html
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