How animals get affected by pollution

When animals get affected it leads to many health problems in the body like lung cancer, chronic respiratory disease, and many other diseases  

Plastic kills fish, birds, marine mammals and sea turtles when they eat plastic

Pollution destroys animals habitats and can even wipe out entire species 

 Toxic chemicals that accumulate in top predators can make some species unsafe to eat.

Some trash sinks, some are eaten by marine life

Some trash comes from oil spills others come through the drains and sewers and end up in the ocean

Plastic never fully disintegrates and can still affect the animals. 

Most ocean pollution fits in two categories, chemicals and trash

Chemical pollution is bad for health, environmental and economic reasons

Lots of chemical pollution happen when fertilizer from your yard or farm go into streams or creeks, they eventually end up in the ocean

Pollution can even be bad for humans, especially fishing and tour companies

Eighty percent of ocean pollution comes from land  

Microplastic can affect us from the ocean 

How it ends up in the fish we eat and then if we aren’t careful we can eat it.

“The truth is, the sea has a special relationship with all of us. It keeps us alive,” said Antonio Guterres during the conference. He is the U.N. secretary general. “But that relationship is now under threat as never before.” 

Plastic waste in the ocean will outweigh fish by 2050

Every year, 485 billion plastic bags are not recycled. Some end up in the ocean and can cause harm to sea life.