While reading Yahoo news, I came across an article about Mexico's water and the fact that it is being studied about the amount of pollution that it has. In Mexico's "Riviera Maya" there has been many different types of pollution that have affected it. Pollution such as pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and chemical run off have been pouring into the river. This article was published in a journal of Environmental Pollution where there was a study done on the pollutants. This report shows that the water from Mexico flows into the Caribbean Sea. In the year of 1990, 50 percent of the coral reefs were lost. The study that has been done thinks that the reason for this could be because of the pollution. The study notes that there should be a ten fold increase in human population by the year of 2030. With more people only comes more pollution. Humans cause most of the pollution to the water. One of the solutions that the article suggests is that we use monitoring systems so that we can find out where the most of the pollution is coming from in order to stop it.
This article caught my attention because it is exactly what I am researching for my research paper. I have found a lot of valuable information that will help to gear me in the right direction. I think that its terrible that humans are the ones that are polluting more than anything. I agree with the fact that we need to use systems in order to figure out how the pollution is occurring because that is the only way that it will be stopped. I found that half of the coral reefs have been destroyed because of pollution interesting. The big picture is never really looked at so I feel like people don't see it as a problem when they look at it on an individual basis. I really think that something needs to be done with water pollution not only for human health but for wildlife also.
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