Pollution Badly Effecting The Worlds Oceans and Air

We all know that pollution is having a devastating effect on the Earth's eco-system. There are some real concerns over the summer olympics being held in China this year for example. The pollution in the capital city of Beijing is so thick and overwhelming that there are major concerns that the athletes who will be competing there will be so negatively effected that their perfomances will suffer simply due to the lack of fresh air to breath. Pollution of course is not limited to the air. The Earth's oceans have been suffering for decades with the actions of man in this regard. In 2006 the United Nations undertook a study of how badly the oceans are polluted. There are all kinds of junk that are thrown into the ocean but the study focused on just plastic pollution like bottles and bags. It estimated that for every square mile of ocean there are about 46,000 seperate pieces of plastic waste floating around on the surface. In addition to things like water bottles and sandwich bags the waste includes things like the plastic rings that hold a six pack of beer cans together and also plastic needles that you would find typically in hospital waste.

FYI - On a somewhat unrelated issue April 20th is the anniversary of the Columbine Massacre. Last November on this blog I wrote an article in which i described some of the details of the events of that day. It's Called "Columbine Massacre Revisited". If you type that headline is the search box at the top of this blog the article will come up for you if you would care to read it.