Beach closures have also been more frequent being something many families, and residents have once enjoyed. These toxic chemicals have been found in fish and wildlife, which have been deposited into the lake by manufacturing sites and other industrial companies. (Glutting, 2003)Runoff pollution, pollution that comes from a single location has also added to the lake’s devastation. Storm water, irrigation runoffs, sediments, fertilizers, and fecal matter deposits, are some of the discharges contributed by sewage treatment plants. These runoffs have contributed to the beach closures, and the unsustainable condition of biological life in the lake.
Many of the aquatic invertebrates are responsible for keeping the ecosystem clean by feeding on litters. Extinction of theses invertebrates would totally disrupt the balance of the ecosystem. The aim of this study is to bring awareness about the harmful impact global warming has on the local aquatic invertebrates and on the ecosystem at a global scale. The hypothesis for this study is that the biotic diversity of the slow moving water and fast moving water are driven by abiotic factors. To support this hypothesis, three predictions were made.
In Bangladesh, the wells were poisoned making the water contaminated and dangerous to drink. These NGOs help increase water security by providing solutions to find clean water available and help sustain a water future for the locals. However, these organisations are quite minimal and limited, they do not have all the resources to help many and therefore unfortunately cannot help everyone as much as they would want to. Another
I think if we make a way where trash that goes down a drain can be separated from the water and goes into another drain leading to a dump. Africa has different problems in the environment, there’s barely any water for animals to drink and certain areas have dry climates. Florida has some dry climates and sometimes Africa doesn’t get rain for a while. Most of all the pollution comes from pipes and drains, when construction goes on and they make a mistake the trash in those pipes mix into water sources for humans and animals. We need more clean and efficient drains that won’t harm clean water that we all use to drink and water that animals need to drink, swim, etc.
Proper disposal of old tires, used oil and other automotive or machinery wastes are several of the forerunners of polluting agents. The overuses of pesticides, fertilizers as well as industrial accidents are additional trepidations that threaten the quality of the water supply and endanger wildlife. In the University of Phoenix simulation (n.d.), an article regarding Neighborhood Lake, officials are confirming what many environmental activist groups have been proclaiming that Neighborhood Lake's concentration of pollutants has reached critical levels. However, it is never too late to change both thought and practice in order to preserve water quality for the future.
As pollutants are created, action plans can be put in place to clean them up regularly; damage control. Keeping a better watch on balance within the ecosystems would be a helpful tactic to knowing when too many pollutants are making the ecosystems out of balance. If people knew when there are too many pollutants within an ecosystem, it would create opportunities to move in and manage the situations. All that is needed to maintain the pollution within the lakes is effort to not pollute the environments and a communal effort to maintain the pollution created. Conclusion Pollution within the Great Lakes is a serious problem that effects the ecosystems within the lakes and has effects on humans as well.
Risk Assessment of Malathion The city of Genericville faces a huge dilemma with a potential West Nile Virus scare. The river that runs along our exceptional city has several wetlands that protect our city during the spring from flooding; in addition it also provides a source of nutrients to birds and fish species found only in this area, which in reattribute contributes to why Genericville is a popular tourist summer distention. The unfortunate downfall to the wetlands is that it also serves as a reproduction ground for mosquitoes; hence the West Nile Virus scares. This virus primarily spread through the bite of an infected mosquito; animals and humans alike are both at risk. The Center for Disease Control states that the West
If a human inhales ground-level ozone it can cause chest pain, throat irritation, and congestion. It also affects the wild life as the animals that eat certain leaves and plant which can have problems producing food. Chlorofluorocarbons are normally found in Freon, halons, methyl bromide, methyl chloroform and carbon tetrachloride. The damage CFCs causes to our ozone layer is very dangerous especially since the ozone layer protects us from ultra violet radiation from the sun. If we continue to dispose of these chemicals in correctly it will continue hurt us especially by affecting the brain, eyes, heart, kidney and the reproductive system if large amount is exposed to
More updated methods of accelerating decomposition have been introduced in more recent years, however, these liquids are still potentially leaking. Even state-of-the-art landfills contribute to massive pollution to groundwater. While grasses in the creek Royte describes, act as erosion control and natural filters and some organisms seemed to continue to thrive is such horrid conditions, the author mentions that she later learned that pollutants from the water were showing up in bird eggs and chicks and jeopardizing their long term
Another item pointed to pesticides, fertilizers and road salt as additional contributors to the pollution problem. And even further a New York Times article spoke about the algae blooms resulting from phosphate pollution. The lake has experienced a decline in its fish production attributed to the “dead zone” resulting from algae blooms. Further, the fish caught have ingested plastic and plastic the article argues attracts chemicals like bisphenol A (BPA) a contaminant said to affect the endocrine system. This