Be the Change for the Environment

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Did you know 14 billion tons of garbage is dumped into the ocean eve year? And most it is plastic. If you like going to the beach you should know what you are swimming in. If you like hiking, you should know when trails are victims of erosion. If you know anyone who enjoys nature you should inform them how we as humans are killing it. I have gone to the following beach: Ocean Beach, Pacific Beach, La Jolla, Imperial Beach, and Solana Beach. While visiting I have seen birds eat cigarette buds. Stepped on plastic on my way in, seen people throw trash on the floor because they are to last to walk a little more. I have been to different hiking trails such as: Cowles Mountain, Mission trails, Torrey Pines, and Lake Murray. {INSERTR MAIN POINTS}.
I want you to imagine you are heading beach, it’s been a half a year since you have gone for a swim. Naturally once you get there you are filled with joy; hence, you skip into the water. Once you are hip deep in the cool icy water you feel something near you. As you look down horror comes upon your face when you see a dead seagull intertwining between your legs. When you try to fight it off you feel something else with your hand. It’s another bird, at this moment you notice no one is in the water because of all the dead birds. When there is a massive amount of dead animals in the ocean it is called a dead zone. The Mississippi river is estimated to care 1.5 million metric tons of nitrogen pollution that create dead zones like the one you may have encountered. Do you drive a car, a truck, ride the bus or a train, or even work on a ship? If you so any of this transportation accounts for 90% of cancer risk that is associated with air pollution. Worldwide, more than 500 million people drink wate...

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