Essay Archive - Oil Pollution and Its Effect on Wildlife
Oil Pollution and Its Effect on Wildlife
"OIL POLLUTION AND ITS EFFECT ON WILDLIFE"
Contamination of the oceans by oil spillage is not a rare occurrence.
It is happening all over the world every day, fouling coastlines,
killing animals and destroying fisheries.
BODY:
In 1987, more than 3.5 million tons of oil were released into the
oceans around the world. Out of that only 28 percent of the spillage
was accidental; the remaining 72 percent was deliberate, illegal
actions.
The sources of oil spillage were:
Washing tanks at sea:
A lot of the illegal pollution is caused....
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