As you already know, water pollution is a very serious, worldwide environmental issue that has a devastating impact on marine wildlife, oceans, and people. Bioremediation is the best solution for cleaning up the Pacific Garbage patch. It is a clean, natural way to break down pollution and waste, such as plastic, using microbes, microorganisms, and other specific living organisms that convert waste into nutrients.
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a large mass of plastic and other trash that pollutes the Pacific Ocean and harms marine wildlife. This trash and litter distributes toxic chemicals throughout the oceans, snags and tears corals, and harms marine animals when they consume pieces of plastic or become entangled in the debris. The ocean is essential for life on earth. It provides over 70 percent of our oxygen and over 97 percent of the world’s water supply. Everyday, the ocean is under attack from man made pollution. In 2010, 215 million metric tons of plastic entered and contaminated the ocean. Pollution not only affects marine life and the ocean, but it also affects humans. Contaminants can enter the food chain and our food supply, causing dangerous health problems such as hormonal issues, damage to our kidneys and nervous systems, and reproductive issues.
Bioremediation is a technique that has great potential for future development due to its ability to be used in a variety of environments and its general cost-effectiveness. Furthermore, recent research and advancements in bioremediation and its capabilities help to make bioremediation an even more practical option for environmental remediation. For instance, we recently made progress in soil remediation - we are now able to use fungus to break down toxic compounds, including PAHs and dioxins, thus making contaminated soil reusable again. More importantly, in 2016 scientists discovered a plastic-eating bacteria that is extremely good at degrading plastic. Previous to this, the only species that could break down PET, an extremely durable plastic used to make water bottles, were rare fungi. But this new bacterium is the first strain that has the potential to degrade PET completely into carbon dioxide and water. This is a significant finding, as PET is the most widely used plastic in the world.
Hence, bioremediation is a great method that we can use to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, one of the major environmental issues facing our planet, and doing so would be a huge step in cleaning up our oceans worldwide. This will help to create a cleaner, greener earth for future generations to come. Please help by signing this petition, so we can ask the EPA to use bioremediation to clean up the Pacific Ocean. All of us must do whatever it takes to protect our ocean before it's too late. If an organism as small as a bacteria can do its part, then we as humans can certainly do ours. I hope you will do your part by signing this petition. Thank you!
Sources:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/plastic-eating-bacteria-could-help-make-trash-disappear/
https://www.popsci.com/bacteria-enzyme-plastic-waste
https://www.creativemechanisms.com/blog/eleven-most-important-plastics
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2009/04/29/2555698.htm
https://3c1703fe8d.site.internapcdn.net/newman/csz/news/800/2018/eightmillion.jpg
Fungi Get the Lead Out - The Scientist Magazine. Retrieved December 18, 2017, from
https://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/31600/title/Fungi-Get-the-Lead-Out/
Bacteria Clean Up - The Scientist Magazine. Retrieved December 18, 2017, from
https://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/31139/title/Bacteria-Clean-Up/
History. Retrieved December 7, 2017, from bioremediation2.weebly.com/history.html
Updates
May 16, 2018
The corporations filling our oceans with plastic are hoping we just go away and forget about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. They keep ignoring the science of bioremediation because it threatens their bottom line, but we are not going to let them poison our water for another day.
May 16, 2018
The corporate suits and ocean polluters are finally starting to sweat because our numbers are climbing fast. They thought we would stay silent while they choked the life out of the Pacific, but this momentum proves them wrong.
Reached 100 supporters
May 16, 2018
56 Comments
I may not be the oldest, most educated person to be talking about this, but I completely agree that the ocean needs some help. I've been researching bioremediation and while it may not be cheap, we really need to preserve the beauty of our ocean for generations to come, and the best time to start is now.
We need to do something beforee verything goes wrong. Push away the boulder before it hits you.
Hopefully, one day, we can rid the world of the problem we caused. Let's start now by getting all the garbage out the oceans!
its crazy how much plastic is out there. if we dont fix this the fish are going to be gone and that is going to mess up everything for us too. hope this works.
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As you already know, water pollution is a very serious, worldwide environmental issue that has a devastating impact on marine wildlife, oceans, and people. Bioremediation is the best solution for cleaning up the Pacific Garbage patch. It is a clean, natural way to break down pollution and waste, such as plastic, using microbes, microorganisms, and other specific living organisms that convert waste into nutrients.
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a large mass of plastic and other trash that pollutes the Pacific Ocean and harms marine wildlife. This trash and litter distributes toxic chemicals throughout the oceans, snags and tears corals, and harms marine animals when they consume pieces of plastic or become entangled in the debris. The ocean is essential for life on earth. It provides over 70 percent of our oxygen and over 97 percent of the world’s water supply. Everyday, the ocean is under attack from man made pollution. In 2010, 215 million metric tons of plastic entered and contaminated the ocean. Pollution not only affects marine life and the ocean, but it also affects humans. Contaminants can enter the food chain and our food supply, causing dangerous health problems such as hormonal issues, damage to our kidneys and nervous systems, and reproductive issues.
Bioremediation is a technique that has great potential for future development due to its ability to be used in a variety of environments and its general cost-effectiveness. Furthermore, recent research and advancements in bioremediation and its capabilities help to make bioremediation an even more practical option for environmental remediation. For instance, we recently made progress in soil remediation - we are now able to use fungus to break down toxic compounds, including PAHs and dioxins, thus making contaminated soil reusable again. More importantly, in 2016 scientists discovered a plastic-eating bacteria that is extremely good at degrading plastic. Previous to this, the only species that could break down PET, an extremely durable plastic used to make water bottles, were rare fungi. But this new bacterium is the first strain that has the potential to degrade PET completely into carbon dioxide and water. This is a significant finding, as PET is the most widely used plastic in the world.
Hence, bioremediation is a great method that we can use to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, one of the major environmental issues facing our planet, and doing so would be a huge step in cleaning up our oceans worldwide. This will help to create a cleaner, greener earth for future generations to come. Please help by signing this petition, so we can ask the EPA to use bioremediation to clean up the Pacific Ocean. All of us must do whatever it takes to protect our ocean before it's too late. If an organism as small as a bacteria can do its part, then we as humans can certainly do ours. I hope you will do your part by signing this petition. Thank you!
Sources:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/plastic-eating-bacteria-could-help-make-trash-disappear/
https://www.popsci.com/bacteria-enzyme-plastic-waste
https://www.creativemechanisms.com/blog/eleven-most-important-plastics
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2009/04/29/2555698.htm
https://3c1703fe8d.site.internapcdn.net/newman/csz/news/800/2018/eightmillion.jpg
Fungi Get the Lead Out - The Scientist Magazine. Retrieved December 18, 2017, from
https://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/31600/title/Fungi-Get-the-Lead-Out/
Bacteria Clean Up - The Scientist Magazine. Retrieved December 18, 2017, from
https://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/31139/title/Bacteria-Clean-Up/
History. Retrieved December 7, 2017, from bioremediation2.weebly.com/history.html
Updates
May 16, 2018
The corporations filling our oceans with plastic are hoping we just go away and forget about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. They keep ignoring the science of bioremediation because it threatens their bottom line, but we are not going to let them poison our water for another day.
May 16, 2018
The corporate suits and ocean polluters are finally starting to sweat because our numbers are climbing fast. They thought we would stay silent while they choked the life out of the Pacific, but this momentum proves them wrong.
Reached 100 supporters
May 16, 2018
56 Comments
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I may not be the oldest, most educated person to be talking about this, but I completely agree that the ocean needs some help. I've been researching bioremediation and while it may not be cheap, we really need to preserve the beauty of our ocean for generations to come, and the best time to start is now.
We need to do something beforee verything goes wrong. Push away the boulder before it hits you.
Hopefully, one day, we can rid the world of the problem we caused. Let's start now by getting all the garbage out the oceans!
its crazy how much plastic is out there. if we dont fix this the fish are going to be gone and that is going to mess up everything for us too. hope this works.
The only time we have to clean our ocean is now, before it is too late to not be able change the damage that is currently being inflicted.
There's noticeably a bundle to learn about this. I assume you made certain nice factors in options also. supreme http://www.supremeclothing.us.org
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