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Water pollution, edited many times.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 @ 11:08 PM
What is water pollution? Are you considered as one who pollute the beach? Littering at the beach is considered as water pollution.
Do YOU want our beaches to be dirty? If NO, stop littering! Littering at the beach makes Singapore's beaches look dirty and not clean.
STOP littering. It would be killing two birds with a stone. The beach would be cleaner and water pollution would be reduced.
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Who are we?
We are students of Crescent Girls' School. Cheok Bao Le, Tan Si Xuan, Lai Yu Hwee and Ong Kai Xin.
All of us are from class 1S2'10.
How do we reduce the problem?
We spread the word by creating public awareness, telling the public about why we should stop littering.
And also by also telling them how they do their part, making the environment a better place to live in and a cleaner beach to play and swim in.
Effects
There are many things that water pollution and beach pollution can cause. They can cause such illnesses as gastroenteritis,
which rears its ugly head in the form of nausea, vomiting, stomach ache, diarrhea, headache and sometimes fever. Ear, eye, nose and throat infections
can also ensue from swimming in polluted water. More serious illnesses such as dysentery and hepatitis may be caused by the sea waters if we do not take care of our beaches.
It has been suggested that it is the leading worldwide cause of deaths and diseases and it accounts for the deaths of more than 14,000 people daily.
Simply throwing a plastic bag into the sea can kill marine animals. Fishes or turtles may be suffocated by the plastic bags.
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Responses
Responses from students who took our survey
23.5% felt that a beach would be dirty and disgusting.
25.5% felt that a beach would be clean and green.
64.3% felt that a beach can have a bit of rubbish as it is acceptable.
8.2% felt that Singapore's beaches are not clean with rubbish everywhere.
35.7% felt that Singapore's beaches are obviously not clean.
53.1% felt that Singapore's beaches have an acceptable amount of rubbish.
3.1% felt that Singapore's beaches are the cleanest places of all.
16.3% said yes.
49.0% felt that they would not have littered if there were bins around.
45.9% said no as they felt that saving the Earth was the utmost importance.
Other questions includes:
What do you think is the main cause of water pollution in Singapore?
Most replied that irresponsible people littering on the beach was the main reason and some said it was the discharges from the factories that were causing it or the oil spills.
If possible, please give some suggestions to help reduce water pollution.
Most of the students think that we should stop littering, pick up rubbish, some create public awareness and some even felt that it was not possible.