What goes around comes around
By Bri Hibner
What Are Toxic Materials?
Mercury
Dioxin
PCBs
PAH's
Radioactivity
Toxic Materials
Amounts of Toxic material
Lots of acts have been passed since 1890 protecting oceans. In 1890 River and Harbors act was passed and it prohibited any discard of dredged material in inland and coastal waters. In 1972 lots of acts were pass that prohibited the disposal of waste in oceans. In 1973 an act was passed that ships can't dump oil into the ocean. Finally in 2000 any dumping of really anything into a body of water was prohibited. Also the dumping of radioactive materials is directly prohibited.
All of these acts have helped with the oceans toxic pollution levels go down over the years. Toxic materials are hard to get rid of and may never go away. This is why people must think into the future before they do something now.
Bibliography
Works Cited
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"SeaWeb - Ocean Briefing Book." SeaWeb - Ocean Briefing Book. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Nov. 2014.
"Water Encyclopedia." Pollution of the Ocean by Sewage, Nutrients, and Chemicals. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Nov. 2014.