when I was younger my mother always told
me to eat lots of fish she told me that
this will make me smarter stronger
taller and above all lick me but not the
fish happy so being an obedient child
I followed her advice however mine
stills
romanticized view on fish was crushed
when I learned in science class the fish
can contain toxic I know that my science
teacher is almost always factually
correct when it comes to anything
scientific I also know that my mother
would never tell me anything
this she did not what you believed to be
true in the first place
I was then stuck in a dilemma she
listened to my science teacher who is
telling me about the formation of toxic
chemicals and fish as a result of ocean
pollution or she’ll listen to my mother
who is telling me about how fish can
make me confused I did a little bit of
research however instead of finding a
simple answer
I found a much greater problem in 1997 a
new continent was discovered now this
new continent is unlike any other it is
an eagle sustain any life no fish no
plants no birds
it smells rather bad similar to the
smell of your garbage can and it gets
bigger and bigger every second by this
time some of you may have guessed that
this new continent is called the Great
Pacific Garbage Patch the Great Pacific
Garbage Patch is located halfway between
Hawaii and California according to the
ocean cleanup a foundation supported by
the government of the Netherlands the
garbage catchment SME about 1.6 million
square meters about two times the size
of Texas or three times the size of
France it contains about 8.4 million
tonnes of thousand tons of garbage the
equivalent of
million seven hundred sixty-four
thousand four hundred twenty-six
truckloads of pineapples and the number
is getting bigger as breeze I was very
disturbed by this finding and I wonder
if you feel the same as I however I
wasn’t able to figure out the impact the
distance that this would have on us here
in Canada with access from the cleanest
water the freshest air and the safest
food at the further investigation I
discovered that whatever happens in the
ocean will have a huge impact on people
living on land primarily through the
seafood the wheatley toxins can be found
in convenient items that we use every
day
for example plastic water bottles
contain bisphenol-a harmful chemicals
this chemical is released into the water
we have plastic is dumped into the ocean
where it breaks down to micro plastics
not only absorbing mercury lead and
cadmium but also allowing processes such
as bioaccumulation and biomagnification
space place bioaccumulation is
essentially the buildup of chemicals in
organisms this can be done by ingesting
a contaminated substance ingest in a
plastic can be deadly to animals and
sadly if something that happens very
often an estimate about 98% of
albatrosses a type of seafood had
plastic in their stomach in 2013
scientists found a sperm whale that died
of an intestinal blockage as a result of
biomagnification
is when a toxic chemical increases and
then moves up the food chain a toxic
chemical macer a low amount in their
original organism that comes in but when
that organism is eaten the amount of
toxins increased but a time it gets the
seafood that we humans consume the
amount of toxins are high
two harmless research has found that
mercury LED in Canon II can cause
Parkinson’s acute memory loss and
cancers exposure to BPA can cause cancer
arthritis a weight gain and get this a
recent study found the bpa can lower the
amount of vitamin D in a person’s
bloodstream harming each person must
remember we are throwing into the ocean
it’s coming back to stab us in the back
as an unfortunate coincidence
soon after I finished my research my mom
cheerfully announced fish for dinner
I walked in the kitchen as usual and saw
a steaming plate of fish sitting on the
table and all I could think about was
that Keurig antic patch of garbage
dripping toxins into the ocean I’m sure
you can all imagine what it’s like
facing a serving of fish so and after
discovering with the toxins in them so
all of this is obviously very bad but it
doesn’t have to go on this way there are
multiple potential solutions through the
problems of ocean garbage some of you
may be thinking why can’t we just go out
there and scrape the garbage off the
ocean it is unfortunately not that easy
as I’ve talked about previously my
speech class expect down to micro
plastics making it extremely difficult
to simply scoop out so what can be done
there are many things that we can do or
three main levels government efforts
company efforts and individual effort
the government needs to make new laws
limiting the distribution of plastic
products in Kenya anyone found using
distributing or selling a plastic bag
this is up to four years in prison or
$38,000 five the government also needs
to implement taxes on companies
purchasing from plastic vendors he turns
them from using as much plastic in their
products
companies also play a huge role when it
comes to protecting the environment
there are a lot of things that companies
sometimes newer than they seem slightly
needed for example a company claiming
that their potatoes are less waste
individually plastic wrap your potato
another company somehow believes that
coconuts don’t have their own protective
shell and insist on placing them in
plastic boxes companies need to be more
aware of the responsibility for
protecting the environment we as global
citizens and consumers should also be
pitching in a reducing plastic in our
daily life in order become more
knowledgeable on the problem ocean
garbage I signed up for a while and
hearing trip to Costa Rica throughout
the trip I discovered that plastic can
be found in the most remote and well
protected areas of the country
I also learned binary tree protectors so
everything in the ecosystem is entrance
connected I was surprised that trees
living things that reside on land will
be able to help the ocean apply an
example such a relationship our main
group the dense root system and mangrove
forest trap plastic flowing down the
river preventing them from entering the
ocean there are also a lot of things
that you can do to help it can be as
simple as been going reusable bag and
shopping in the bulk section at the
grocery store when people think about
the ocean they usually think about
beautiful blue sparkling water not a tub
of garbage in order for the problem of
ocean garbage to be solved we need to
adopt the slogan refuse reduce and reuse
fish are a very important source of food
and you simply cumulative in order to
continue consuming such a fine delicacy
we need to protect your oceans and keep
them safe hopefully the next time that
you’re sitting in front of a plate of
fish you’ll be happy about the positive
impact you’ve made on the environment
free free of the worries of toxins enjoying your
me to eat lots of fish she told me that
this will make me smarter stronger
taller and above all lick me but not the
fish happy so being an obedient child
I followed her advice however mine
stills
romanticized view on fish was crushed
when I learned in science class the fish
can contain toxic I know that my science
teacher is almost always factually
correct when it comes to anything
scientific I also know that my mother
would never tell me anything
this she did not what you believed to be
true in the first place
I was then stuck in a dilemma she
listened to my science teacher who is
telling me about the formation of toxic
chemicals and fish as a result of ocean
pollution or she’ll listen to my mother
who is telling me about how fish can
make me confused I did a little bit of
research however instead of finding a
simple answer
I found a much greater problem in 1997 a
new continent was discovered now this
new continent is unlike any other it is
an eagle sustain any life no fish no
plants no birds
it smells rather bad similar to the
smell of your garbage can and it gets
bigger and bigger every second by this
time some of you may have guessed that
this new continent is called the Great
Pacific Garbage Patch the Great Pacific
Garbage Patch is located halfway between
Hawaii and California according to the
ocean cleanup a foundation supported by
the government of the Netherlands the
garbage catchment SME about 1.6 million
square meters about two times the size
of Texas or three times the size of
France it contains about 8.4 million
tonnes of thousand tons of garbage the
equivalent of
million seven hundred sixty-four
thousand four hundred twenty-six
truckloads of pineapples and the number
is getting bigger as breeze I was very
disturbed by this finding and I wonder
if you feel the same as I however I
wasn’t able to figure out the impact the
distance that this would have on us here
in Canada with access from the cleanest
water the freshest air and the safest
food at the further investigation I
discovered that whatever happens in the
ocean will have a huge impact on people
living on land primarily through the
seafood the wheatley toxins can be found
in convenient items that we use every
day
for example plastic water bottles
contain bisphenol-a harmful chemicals
this chemical is released into the water
we have plastic is dumped into the ocean
where it breaks down to micro plastics
not only absorbing mercury lead and
cadmium but also allowing processes such
as bioaccumulation and biomagnification
space place bioaccumulation is
essentially the buildup of chemicals in
organisms this can be done by ingesting
a contaminated substance ingest in a
plastic can be deadly to animals and
sadly if something that happens very
often an estimate about 98% of
albatrosses a type of seafood had
plastic in their stomach in 2013
scientists found a sperm whale that died
of an intestinal blockage as a result of
biomagnification
is when a toxic chemical increases and
then moves up the food chain a toxic
chemical macer a low amount in their
original organism that comes in but when
that organism is eaten the amount of
toxins increased but a time it gets the
seafood that we humans consume the
amount of toxins are high
two harmless research has found that
mercury LED in Canon II can cause
Parkinson’s acute memory loss and
cancers exposure to BPA can cause cancer
arthritis a weight gain and get this a
recent study found the bpa can lower the
amount of vitamin D in a person’s
bloodstream harming each person must
remember we are throwing into the ocean
it’s coming back to stab us in the back
as an unfortunate coincidence
soon after I finished my research my mom
cheerfully announced fish for dinner
I walked in the kitchen as usual and saw
a steaming plate of fish sitting on the
table and all I could think about was
that Keurig antic patch of garbage
dripping toxins into the ocean I’m sure
you can all imagine what it’s like
facing a serving of fish so and after
discovering with the toxins in them so
all of this is obviously very bad but it
doesn’t have to go on this way there are
multiple potential solutions through the
problems of ocean garbage some of you
may be thinking why can’t we just go out
there and scrape the garbage off the
ocean it is unfortunately not that easy
as I’ve talked about previously my
speech class expect down to micro
plastics making it extremely difficult
to simply scoop out so what can be done
there are many things that we can do or
three main levels government efforts
company efforts and individual effort
the government needs to make new laws
limiting the distribution of plastic
products in Kenya anyone found using
distributing or selling a plastic bag
this is up to four years in prison or
$38,000 five the government also needs
to implement taxes on companies
purchasing from plastic vendors he turns
them from using as much plastic in their
products
companies also play a huge role when it
comes to protecting the environment
there are a lot of things that companies
sometimes newer than they seem slightly
needed for example a company claiming
that their potatoes are less waste
individually plastic wrap your potato
another company somehow believes that
coconuts don’t have their own protective
shell and insist on placing them in
plastic boxes companies need to be more
aware of the responsibility for
protecting the environment we as global
citizens and consumers should also be
pitching in a reducing plastic in our
daily life in order become more
knowledgeable on the problem ocean
garbage I signed up for a while and
hearing trip to Costa Rica throughout
the trip I discovered that plastic can
be found in the most remote and well
protected areas of the country
I also learned binary tree protectors so
everything in the ecosystem is entrance
connected I was surprised that trees
living things that reside on land will
be able to help the ocean apply an
example such a relationship our main
group the dense root system and mangrove
forest trap plastic flowing down the
river preventing them from entering the
ocean there are also a lot of things
that you can do to help it can be as
simple as been going reusable bag and
shopping in the bulk section at the
grocery store when people think about
the ocean they usually think about
beautiful blue sparkling water not a tub
of garbage in order for the problem of
ocean garbage to be solved we need to
adopt the slogan refuse reduce and reuse
fish are a very important source of food
and you simply cumulative in order to
continue consuming such a fine delicacy
we need to protect your oceans and keep
them safe hopefully the next time that
you’re sitting in front of a plate of
fish you’ll be happy about the positive
impact you’ve made on the environment
free free of the worries of toxins enjoying your
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