Mostly Marine Pollution comes from land-based sources. When pesticides are incorporated into marine life, they quickly become absorbed into marine food webs. This can be harmful to humans as well as the entire food chain.

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2. Toxic metals reach the ocean and contribute to
ocean pollution, destroying reproduction, behavior.
Radioactive waste and industrial waste such as acids and
toxins often reach the ocean adding to the pollution and
substantial loss of marine life.
The ocean's oxygen content is depleted by the runoff of
fertilizer that causes an increase of algae growth.

3. Ocean pollution kills more than one million sea birds each year.
8 Million pieces of marine litter enter the sea everyday
Many seals and whales are trapped in
net every year
100,000 marine mammals and turtles and 1 million sea birds
are killed by marine plastic pollution annually.

4. Thousands of tons of waste and trash are
dumped into the ocean on a daily basis.
One hundred thousand sea mammals
are killed in the ocean by pollution
each year.
Small animals at the bottom of
food chain absorb the chemicals as
part of their food.

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