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| Leatherback sea turtle - Canadian Wildlife Federation 2016 |
Pollution poses serious threats on sea turtles and their food sources. They often mistakenly ingest balloons and a variety of plastic products (thinking they are jellyfish) that end up in our oceans and coastal beaches because of careless human behavior.
Plankton absorb chemicals and toxins that are released into the oceans from urban runoff or oil spills - these harmful toxins accumulate and become concentrated in their tiny bodies and ingested by relatively larger marine animals - like our amazing leatherback sea turtles!
NO, the ocean is not an extensive pool where pollutants will miraculously disappear or eventually be diluted with time. Out of sight, out of mind right? Not so much! We have to be a little more responsible than that and take accountability for our actions. In fact, the pollution we continuously and irresponsibly release into our ocean is NOT diluted, just transferred into the food chain!
