How the ocean and other water is affected by pollution

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• Eighty percent of ocean pollution comes from land 

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

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

• 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

• Most ocean pollution fits in two categories, chemicals and trash

• Chemical pollution is bad for health, environmental and economic reasonsLots of chemical pollution happen when fertilizer from your yard or farm go into streams or creeks, they eventually end up in the ocean

• 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