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alarm of oceanographers - the
new
tht'eat
of increasing
POLLUTION.
A Threat to Estuaries
It is the estuaries along the coasts of
the world that are hardest hit by
pollution. And, it is the estuaries that
provide spawning grounds, nursing
grounds, feediog grounds, and a place
to live for most of our commercial fish-
The
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eries. Take a look at wbat is happening
to our fish resources as a result of
pollution.
Lead from auto exhausts rains into
the North Pacific and North Atlantic
Oceans. According to Dr. Clair
Patterson of the California Institute of
Technology, this lead fallout could ulti–
mately subvert the ocean's mineral bal–
ance and foster lead poisoning.
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Iocreasing
oiJ pollution
is threatening
life not only at sea but also along our
coasts, and 1s
killing fish and
waterfowl.
DDT residues have been found in
the fat and liver of penguins and seals
as far away as the Aotarctic! The con–
tinuous recyding and concentrating of
pesticides in the ocean's food chains is
posing a serious danger to our com–
mercial fish stocks.
Technological developments on land
have accelerated the fl.ow of metallic
pollutants such as mercury into our
waters. Mercury contamination has been
described as a "very serious, potentially
catastrophic threat" to the environ–
ment.
Now, the dumping of radioactive ma–
terials into rivers and seas is creating a
potential hazard for the future.
Can Our Oceans Feed
the World?
Inste:td of nearing a breakthrough in
food extraction from tl1e ocean, man is
increasingly polluting, tampering wit!t
and threatening to destroy the very life
that exists in it'
Despite all the proposals once made
to use the ocean's food resources to save
mankind, many marine biologists are
not too optimistic of the chances. When
we interviewed scientists and biologists
in leading oceanographic institutions of
Southern California, they al! admitted
that food from the oceans would
never
be the final answer to the hw1gry críes
of starving millions.
It is high time we quit overexploiting
both the oceans and our farmlands to
make up for other problems man
has not solved. Overexploitation, for
example, will not solve the burgeoning
population problem. Only people can
solve that problem.
Overexploitation of our resources
will not solve the congestion of our pop–
ulation in sick, overcrowded cities. Only
a change in the physical structure of our
society will do that.
Overexploitation of
ocean
food sup–
plies will not solve tbe problem of
depleted, wrecked, sick
soil.
Only a new
type of agriculture that gives careful at–
tentivn to building up the land for sus–
tained high-quality abundance will
supply the food humanity needs. O