"oilslicks" - 1 õppematerjal

Water pollution and society

There are aereas that suffer under the lackess of fresh water. It's very usual in Africa. If we would live in an area under water crisis, we would pay more respect to fresh water. We can't even imagine what's happening in the world every day. Oceans, ground water and inland water bodies are being polluted all the time by different pollutants. There are many causes, but the main ones are fertilizers, factories and different kind of water accidents. Oilslicks can be harmful to the ocean plants, birds and other underwater creatures. Pollutants from factories and fertilizers are harmful to our health. They can cause typhoid and dysentery if we drink the contaminated water. To conclude the topic, I want to say that we have to pay more attention to the environment. It's easy to destroy, but hard to build. We can destroy at any time we want, but if we have an opportunity to preserve, we should hold on to that, because later it would be too late.