I decided that one of the things humans do to the harm the environment that enrages me the most, is pollute the great lakes. They are a great for a reason people! You know how you like to go to the beach with your friends, and take fun pictures at grandhaven, or go paddleboarding? Yeah, if we keep dumping our nasty into the lakes we can't do that anymore!
This website I'm reading (link below) says that this has been a problem since 1969. The Cuyahoga River, which flows in Lake Eerie, caught on fire! There was so much garbage in the river that the water was in flames! More than once! RED FLAG!
Sewage disposal, toxic contamination through heavy metals and pesticides,
overdevelopment of the water's edge, runoff from agriculture and urbanization,
and air pollution are all things that are happening to the lakes!
Pollution in the lakes causes deformities and dead fish and things that are bad! Seriously people, this has been going on forever! Why are people just now realizing this is problem!
http://www.great-lakes.net/teach/pollution/water/water3.html
^website that I read^
I know how you feel Sarah. This summer I went to Grand Haven and the beach was covered in gross algae from the water.
ReplyDeleteas i read this i felt like i could imagine you say this and yelling at someone about how gross it is. it was a compelling post and yeah its rediculous how much crap is in our water systems we not only is junk coming from michigan we also get stuff from the other states around us and its a problem in every lake which is just sad, next thing we know we are going to be eating fish with two heads that taste like sewage, now that would suck
ReplyDeleteHaha, thanks Tyler. Like, seriously people, it's nasty. I spend a lot of time at the beach, and I think alot of people in Michigan do. We're blessed with these amazing natural lakes and people are ruining it!
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