Sentences with phrase «killing aquatic life»

Algal blooms deplete oxygen in lakes, produce toxins, and end up killing aquatic life in the lake.

Beyond that, the chemicals used in the dyeing and treatment of textiles is often unregulated and dumped directly into rivers and streams killing aquatic life and poisoning local communities.

This water is usually released, untreated, into nearby streams, where its acidity kills aquatic life and the breakdown of its organic material not only fosters the production of bacteria that are harmful to humans but also starves aquatic fauna of oxygen.

It kills aquatic life and creates algal blooms that can suffocate fisheries.

Not exact matches

Like pyrethroids, fipronil is far less toxic to birds and mammals than other insecticides, but can still kill small aquatic life.

This sometimes causes outbreaks of diseases such as Cholera in which 1000s of people die, and commonly introduces toxic algae which can cause massive kills of aquatic life.

It shrank to a salty puddle, killing most aquatic life and leaving behind tracts of polluted desert.

Many people know that power plants are a major source of air pollution and greenhouse gasses; however, few are aware that many of those same plants kill and injure fish and other aquatic life.

Thankfully no humans were killed in Honolulu's Molasses Disaster, but sadly the death toll of aquatic life will likely reach into the tens of thousands.