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What is water pollution?
Water pollution is when a substance is introduced to another substance into the environment that would not have been there naturally.
What are the negative effects of water pollution?
The negative effects of water pollution are that 1 they kill or sicken animals for example birds and fish. Secondly, it leaves us with less and less clean water to drink and bathe in. thirdly water pollution could cause disruption of food chains. Fourthly it affects habitats how does it affect habitats well if the water was full of oil animals would not able to see, breathe or swim. Lastly, water pollution can cause disease if one animal gets affected by a disease that animal would pass it on to all the other animals in the body of that water and that would cause death to all the other animals. But there are still lost more reasons how water pollution causes negative effects.

How can humans help stop this from happing?
humans can help stop this by instead of leaving their garbage in the water don’t be lazy and throw in out and if you see a piece of garbage pick it up and throw it out even if it’s not yours and at the same time you just helped the world to some it might not seem helpful but if everyone throws away after themselves and or even though out 1 piece a day we could have clean and healthy environment.
Here’s what I want you to do close your eyes and imagine that you are a fish imagine that the lake you are in is filled with oil and plastic how would feel?
Whatever your feeling take that compare how a fish in the lake is right you are able to escape that fish and other animals can’t. So don’t treat the world like a trash can and pick up trash

How do u feel that lakes are getting used as trashed cans?

Do you know anything else that could help save the water

http://eschooltoday.com/pollution/water-pollution/effects-of-water-pollution.html
https://www.environmentalpollutioncenters.org/water/


Types of pollution
The 4 main types of pollution are
*radiation
*chemical
*oil spill
*noise pollution

How does water pollution affect us humans?
Water pollution affects humans with simple things, for example, things like drinking, swimming, or even breathing in water can get u sick. Also eating animals that live in these areas all can get you sick.

Facts:
*40%of Americas Rivers and 46% of Americas are to polluted to fish to swim or for aquatic life to live there.
*1.2 trillion gallons of untreated sewage, stormwater, and industrial waste are discharged into us waters annually.
*fourteen billion pounds of garbage mostly plastic, is dumped into the ocean every year