How can oil pollute our environment? Oil pollution is one that is not talked about as much as water pollution and air pollution. However it is a problem for our environment. This is a huge problem for humanity today. It is also a danger to animals.
There have been oil spills in the ocean, and because of it animals are dying. When the whales come up to the surface and find that other fish are dying because of the oil that is affecting them. This is a danger to all animals that are in the ocean. Oil spills can occur when oil is release from tankers, offshore platforms, wells and or drilling rigs. Spills also come from fuel use for gasoline, diesel, ships, bunker fuel and could be just waste oil. When these spills happen, it could take months to clean. Therefore since it takes time for them to clean up the spills, it affects the animals in the ocean.
The birds are also affected by the oil spills. When they land on the water, they are caught in the oil and it is hard for them to escape the oil. Also when the birds eat from the ocean, the oil that has infected the fish goes inside the birds and affects their system causing damage to them. Some birds live because a human rescues them in time where they can be helped.
It takes time to clean up oil spills and unfortunately for the animals time is not always on their side. According to the article from How Stuff Work, agencies like the Coast Guard and the Environmental Protection Agency have some clever and relatively simple methods (How Stuff Work 2010). These agencies have a protocol that the follow to clean up oil spills. They work as fast as they can to clean up the oil spills. Laws has also been put into effect since the big oil spill happen not long ago, for clean up in the future (2008 Dawn Anderson, Environmental literacy council)http://www.eoearth.org/article/Oil_spill September 5, 2010 Stanislav Patin
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