I chose this topic because I already knew about it and wanted to learn more.
At home, I was always interested in water, and even wrote books about water in some of my diary's. And I was also always concerned on Chemicals or Pesticides in our water sources.
At home, I was always interested in water, and even wrote books about water in some of my diary's. And I was also always concerned on Chemicals or Pesticides in our water sources.
Eden’s chemical Fertilizers and Pesticides Doc
By: Eden R. Pinstein
Take a look at all those green, yellow smelly colors in the water that make you cringe, they overpower your body and you feel icky all over. All of these chemicals are low standard, they take over your sense of smell, you wonder whats wrong. You know what’s happening can’t be good, so you must find out!. You're the only one who can help now. How do we make this pollution on our precious watery world stay safe?
Causes
If you get too much fertilizer in the water, algae start to grow in that water source. You may just think that algae is just a plant that grows in the water, it actually is very harmful. When the algae-blooms die, they sink to the bottom and decompose in a process that removes oxygen from the water. Low levels of oxygen can hurt aquatic wildlife and even lead to fish kills. Fish and other aquatic species can’t survive in these so-called “dead zones” and so they die or move onto greener underwater pastures. When excess nutrients from all the fertilizer we use runs off into our waterways, they cause algae-blooms sometimes big enough to make waterways impassible.
Though fertilizers contain Chemicals that are good for lawns and plants when used properly, excessive amounts applied to lawns and gardens wash off and pollute streams.
Fertilizers and pesticides are among the many common stormwater pollutants that can degrade water quality.
Effect
Fertilizers aren’t a problem if used carefully. If you use too much fertilizer or apply it at the wrong time, it can easily wash into your lawn or garden into storm drains and then flow untreated into lakes or streams. Just as in your garden, fertilizer in lakes and stream fuels plant growth.
Fertilizer contains “Nutrients”, such as Nitrates and Phosphates.
Phosphates are in Chemical Fertilizers and Pesticides. When H20, (Water in scientific form,) mixes with Phosphates, they become an acid, which is bad for the water. This acid has Chemicals, these Chemicals come from the Chemical Fertilizers and Pesticides that these Phosphates were included in.Phosphates are one of the particles in Chemical Fertilizers or Pesticides. The reason Phosphates are bad is because when Phosphates are mixed with water, they become an acid, this acid spreads, and spreads, and spreads, into that water body, and that water body is no-longer good.
Excess nutrients over-stimulate the growth of aquatic plants and algae, which clog our water-ways and block light to deeper waters while the organisms are alive. When the organisms die, they use up dissolved oxygen causing oxygen-poor waters that support only diminished amounts amounts of marine life.
What can we do?
We can help by whenever passing any water body, try and do whatever we can to clean that body of water. We can also put post notes, and letters to people to show what happens when Chemical Fertilizers and Pesticides pollute a water body. You can also make up your own way to tell the world.7
There are many ways to prevent these icky Chemical Fertilizers and pesticides from coming into any water body. According to a “ Fertilizer Fact Sheet,” Fertilizer isn’t a problem if used carefully. We need to help clean all of these badly toxic Chemicals. If these chemicals last much longer, our world will be doomed. What can we do to keep our world safe?
There are many ways to prevent Chemical Fertilizers and Pesticides from polluting our watery world, and we can help, by using what we have to keep our world safe.
Glossary
(Acua-Tic Speeshies) Aquatic Species -Animals that live in water
(Dem-en-eshed) Diminished-Made smaller or less
(Im-pas-ebl) Impassible-Impossible to travel along or over
( Pash-turs) Pastures -A a space of land
(Fos-fate-S) Phosphates-An Element
(Low-Stan-Dard) Low Standard-A level of quality
Resources
By: Eden R. Pinstein
Take a look at all those green, yellow smelly colors in the water that make you cringe, they overpower your body and you feel icky all over. All of these chemicals are low standard, they take over your sense of smell, you wonder whats wrong. You know what’s happening can’t be good, so you must find out!. You're the only one who can help now. How do we make this pollution on our precious watery world stay safe?
Causes
If you get too much fertilizer in the water, algae start to grow in that water source. You may just think that algae is just a plant that grows in the water, it actually is very harmful. When the algae-blooms die, they sink to the bottom and decompose in a process that removes oxygen from the water. Low levels of oxygen can hurt aquatic wildlife and even lead to fish kills. Fish and other aquatic species can’t survive in these so-called “dead zones” and so they die or move onto greener underwater pastures. When excess nutrients from all the fertilizer we use runs off into our waterways, they cause algae-blooms sometimes big enough to make waterways impassible.
Though fertilizers contain Chemicals that are good for lawns and plants when used properly, excessive amounts applied to lawns and gardens wash off and pollute streams.
Fertilizers and pesticides are among the many common stormwater pollutants that can degrade water quality.
Effect
Fertilizers aren’t a problem if used carefully. If you use too much fertilizer or apply it at the wrong time, it can easily wash into your lawn or garden into storm drains and then flow untreated into lakes or streams. Just as in your garden, fertilizer in lakes and stream fuels plant growth.
Fertilizer contains “Nutrients”, such as Nitrates and Phosphates.
Phosphates are in Chemical Fertilizers and Pesticides. When H20, (Water in scientific form,) mixes with Phosphates, they become an acid, which is bad for the water. This acid has Chemicals, these Chemicals come from the Chemical Fertilizers and Pesticides that these Phosphates were included in.Phosphates are one of the particles in Chemical Fertilizers or Pesticides. The reason Phosphates are bad is because when Phosphates are mixed with water, they become an acid, this acid spreads, and spreads, and spreads, into that water body, and that water body is no-longer good.
Excess nutrients over-stimulate the growth of aquatic plants and algae, which clog our water-ways and block light to deeper waters while the organisms are alive. When the organisms die, they use up dissolved oxygen causing oxygen-poor waters that support only diminished amounts amounts of marine life.
What can we do?
We can help by whenever passing any water body, try and do whatever we can to clean that body of water. We can also put post notes, and letters to people to show what happens when Chemical Fertilizers and Pesticides pollute a water body. You can also make up your own way to tell the world.7
There are many ways to prevent these icky Chemical Fertilizers and pesticides from coming into any water body. According to a “ Fertilizer Fact Sheet,” Fertilizer isn’t a problem if used carefully. We need to help clean all of these badly toxic Chemicals. If these chemicals last much longer, our world will be doomed. What can we do to keep our world safe?
There are many ways to prevent Chemical Fertilizers and Pesticides from polluting our watery world, and we can help, by using what we have to keep our world safe.
Glossary
(Acua-Tic Speeshies) Aquatic Species -Animals that live in water
(Dem-en-eshed) Diminished-Made smaller or less
(Im-pas-ebl) Impassible-Impossible to travel along or over
( Pash-turs) Pastures -A a space of land
(Fos-fate-S) Phosphates-An Element
(Low-Stan-Dard) Low Standard-A level of quality
Resources
- Steven Blackburn, EPA Expert
- Kira Zender, City Planner
- Jennings Bell, City of Decatur, Project Engineer
- Fertilizer Fact Sheet
- How Fertilizer Harm Earth More Than Help Your Lawn
- Beware The Dangers Of Chemical Fertilizers and Pesticides
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