»About 8000 million kilos of waste are throw into the sea every year!

»The worldwide marine boats throw, everyday , to the sea 450.000 plastic recipients.

»Plastic waste kills, every year, 1.000.000 sea birds and animals!

»Every Year 37.000 tons of lead are throw to the ocean!

»3.8 litres of gas can contaminate 2850.000 liters of drinkable water!

»14000 rivers and lakes in Canada are dead due to the acid rain.The water is clear as cristal,because the water and everything in it is dead.

»A dripping tap,even if it drips the minimum,can waste 190 liters for day...

What I really think

Imagine...going to the beach, see the endless blue, under the sun, shining...but what if you looked at the sand,found plastic botles,dead crabs (and fish) stuck in plastic bags, cans ...that sure would spoile the moment, wouldn't it? Well, unfortunatly, it's the reality for many beaches, and for the ocean lovers, a sad reality...most of the garbage is brought with the waves,because the ocean is full of garbage...

Well i know that the beach isn't what it used to be...I'll talk later about the big petrol, oil companies, but first, i'll have to talk about the people that go to the beaches.Those little families go to the beach,and they decide to eat something...oh the kid want a soda,when it's over he puts the can in a bag to put it in the garbage can,later right? NO,the kid just throws it away...And his parents smoking, decide to put the filter in the sand... It's pitfull...seing this makes me not wanting to go to the beach...You there that is listening to me...try to change the atitudes there at home.At least try.

Now,for sure let's talk about those...oil companies,that are responsible for the oceans pollution! It's not fair.Just isn't. Everytime I see animals killed due oil slicks,all that black water i really get the sense of how bad the situation is in the ocean.

There are thousants if not millions of tons of glass, plastic garbage, nets in the Oceans , that take thousants of years to decompose,until then thousants of animals will keep dying due to this garbage. And if we think a little, it's not just the companies that put garbage in the sea, (toxic garbage too)...it's about the anonimus people too, sometimes they forget that everything that put in the toilet,will go through the sewer into the rivers,and then it will reach the oceans... Everything we put in the toilet will sadly go to the oceans...what a creepy idea... So be carefull with what you put in the toilet,no plastics or others please, only the what's really...inevitable.

And don't forget the rivers and lakes, the drinkable water.Don't forget that,in this earth only 3% of the water is sweet the other 97% is salt water,oceans.Protect the rivers and lakes from pollution.That´s what i want to say and specially i believe that in your/our heads there are a lot of ideas to improve the the Oceans,the water.

1998© Rita Duarte.

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