By Vishakan Thyagarajan
Goldsboro Elementary Magnet School Student Writer
Imagine a sea turtle is swimming through the sea looking for food. Then it sees a blob floating. It thinks it's a yummy jellyfish. It eats it but it was a plastic bag. It becomes very sick and dies. Plastic affects the environment in many different ways. One way is that animals eat plastic and that is very dangerous for humans and animals. Another way is that when we throw away plastic into the water bodies it is very fatal for the marine animals that live there. Many animals eat plastic on accident and that is very dangerous for both humans and animals. Many animals can eat plastics and die. This means that many animals eat plastic and get very sick or even die. For example, when baby chicks accidentally are fed plastic by their parents, they could get serious diseases like plasticosis. Many animals eat plastic, and humans might eat that species and the plastic will land in the human’s stomach. This shows that animals eat plastic and humans eat the animal.
The plastic lands in the person's stomach and it could lead to serious diseases like cancer. As you can see, animals eating plastic is harmful for animals and people. The plastic we throw into the water bodies is fatal for the marine animals that live there. Many marine animals might get stuck in the plastic we throw into the water and die. This means that animals might get stuck into things like bottle rings and die. For example, a duck might be swimming in a pond. Then it sticks its head inside the water to eat fish, but it gets stuck in plastic rings and chokes to death.
Many marine animals could eat the plastic we throw into the water and die. This states that when marine animals eat the plastic, we throw into the water they might get diseases leading to death. For example, animals like fish eat plastic and get intestinal blockages causing starvation or death. As you can see, when we throw plastic into the water bodies, it harms the animals that live there and creates ecosystem problems.
Plastic affects the environment a lot. Animals eat plastic and that is dangerous for humans and animals. The plastic we throw into the water bodies is fatal for marine animals. How are you going to reduce plastic pollution and how would you reduce it?
