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Text: N°2 Pollution: under the garbage, the beach.
Every year, more than 300 million tons of plastic are not recycled. The consequences on
nature are extremely serious, especially on the oceans which, according to the American
journal Science, contain more than 110 million tons of plastic waste.
Entire islands are covered by waste, this is the case of Henderson Island on which 17 million
tons of waste would have accumulated because the island is located very close to a giant
whirlpool, the gyre of the South Pacific.
Beyond the aesthetic inconvenience, this waste threatens half of the seabirds and at least
200 species of fish, crustaceans and mammals living in the oceans because they confuse this
waste with food. The time is long gone when explorers discovered deserted islands with
sandy beaches. Today's adventurers, if they discover an island, are likely to consist only of
plastic waste.
Stopping pollution is necessary for our survival and also for survival of our planet. Pollution is
contaminating our environment with unwanted substances that are hurting us. in many
ways. There are many causes of pollution like burning of fossil fuels, agriculture activities,
mining operations, industrial waste etc. Bad effects of pollution include heart and
respiratory problems, global warming, acid rain and much more.
This needs to be stopped keeping in view the bad elects of pollution on human and animal
lives. Every one of us has to play our role to minimize the causes of pollution and also we
need to teach public to refrain from pollution causing activities. Governments also need to
take action against industries that are not dumping their waste. analysée ce texte
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