Tell Congress To Clean Up Our Oceans



         The ocean has always been an extremely cheap and easy way to dispose of waste. It can be done easily and the waste is practically untraceable.  Many people in the past thought that the oceans were so enormous that trash would have little impact on the quality of the oceans, making dumping legal, but they were horribly mistaken.  Millions of pounds of all types of trash have been legally, and illegally, discarded into the oceans.  Trash, garbage, rubbish, sewage, and different types of industrial and radioactive waste plague the oceans, leaving even the most remote areas of the oceans polluted and contaminated.  Every day this once pristine environment becomes more and more degraded, resulting in the death of marine flora, fauna, and ocean aesthetics. If this abuse towards the ocean is not controlled, the chemical make up of the ocean will be transformed, killing the base of the food chain, and ultimately, all marine life.  Humans need to learn to respect the oceans and discard their wastes appropriately if we wish to preserve the quality and beauty of oceans, seas and beaches. And the worst part is that government is doing nothing about it. Please sign this petition to get the government involved and have stricter regulations on dumping. 

Here are some devastating facts below:





  • Almost 90% of all floating materials in the ocean are plastic.  Plastic is one of the most harmful pollutants because it does not readily break down in environments


  • Marine debris, especially plastic, kills more than one million seabirds and 100,000 mammals and sea turtles every year


  • Studies done in the North Sea revealed that fulmars, a type of seagull, averaged thirty pieces of plastic in their stomachs


  • Researchers found that in the middle of the North Pacific there are six pounds of plastic for every one pound of algae


  • In the 1970's, 17 million tons of industrial waste were legally dumped in the oceans.  In the 1980's, this number was reduced to eight millions pounds of industrial waste, but still contained acids, alkaline waste, scrap metals and coal ash (Note that millions of pounds of industrial waste is still being dumped into the oceans)


  • 300,000 dolphins, whales and porpoises die each year after becoming entangled in fishing nets


  • In the past two years the number of "dead zones" in the oceans have increased by one third


  • Today, there is an island of trash in the Pacific twice the size of Texas (which is getting bigger every day)
Dear Congress,
    
     The ocean has always been an extremely cheap and easy way to dispose of waste.  Millions of pounds of all types of trash have been legally, and illegally, discarded into the oceans.  Trash, garbage, rubbish, sewage, and different types of industrial and radioactive waste plague the oceans, leaving even the most remote areas of the oceans polluted and contaminated.  Every day this once pristine environment becomes more and more degraded, resulting in the death of marine flora, fauna, and ocean aesthetics. If this abuse towards the ocean is not controlled, the chemical make up of the ocean will be transformed, killing the base of the food chain, and ultimately, all marine life. 

So I am asking you to please start a major cleanup of the oceans and to make stricter laws for dumping waste into streams, drains, and oceans.
 
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