What is water pollution? How does it effect us? What can we do to prevent it? My name is Dr. Phil and today I will be answering these questions and more.
What is water pollution? Water pollution happens when harmful substances like chemicals or microorganisms contaminate a stream, river, lake, ocean or a different body of water.
Where does water pollution come from? 80% of the oceans pollution comes from land. Contaminates like chemicals and heavy metals are carried from factories and cities by streams and rivers into the ocean.Water Pollution Facts, Types, Causes and Effects of Water ...
How is marine life effected by water pollution? Plastic in water is very dangerous for animals such asfish, birds, marine mammals and sea turtlesbecause it could kill them or destroy their habitats.How Ocean Pollution Impacts Marine Life—and All of Us ...
Water pollution also effects humans to. There is many harmful bacteria that can be found in water. This can include salmonella which is a type of bacteria that can cause an infectionwhen ingestedand cholera which is a bacterial disease.(Did you know dirty water causes the death of a human being every 10 seconds).The Negative Effects of Water Pollution on Human Health ...
So how can we prevent water pollution? Well for one you could pick up litter and throw it away in a garbage can, you canhelp clean up any litter you see on beaches or in rivers and lakes, don't pourfat, oil, or grease down the sink andconserve water because it also reduces water pollution.
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