Barre is the self-proclaimed Granite Center of the World. Barre has a very rich history in the granite industry. Learn more
In the ocean, plastic debris injures and kills fish, seabirds and marine mammals. Marine plastic pollution has impacted at least 267 species worldwide, including 86% of all sea turtle species, 44% of all seabird species and 43% of all marine mammal species. The impacts include fatalities as a result of ingestion, starvation, suffocation, infection, drowning, and entanglement.
Environment Canada provides some examples of pollutants that can be found in wastewater and the potentially harmful effects these substances can have on ecosystems and human health: 1  decaying organic matter and debris can use up the dissolved oxygen in a lake so fish and other aquatic biota cannot survive;