Blog Post # 3. "Poisonous Waters" Soheil Tayebi

Poisonous Waters


Despite the “Clean Water Act” there are still issues in keeping the Chesapeake Bay clean. Agriculture plays a big effect on the source of pollution in all water ways in the country, especially the Chesapeake. The once clean water bay is now occupied mostly of industrial waste. It is an issue that leaves everyone as hypocrites. This is because the one of the solutions to helping the Chesapeake would be for people to stop polluting. But in reality, no one stops. I believe that everyone has polluted at least once in their life, thus contributing to the unhealthiness of the bay. The people who made a living off of the bay, lost their jobs, and their commercial fishery companies went out of business. The fish, crab, and oyster production decreased greatly over the past 30 years. Humans have over fished the Bay’s resources; particularly crabs. This creates dead zones, which makes any underwater living organisms that require oxygen, die if their in the dead zone. The longing of making Chesapeake a place to swim, a recreation, a provider of sea food, and a tourist attraction is slowly disappearing. At the rate that it’s headed, without drastic and fundamental action, the lake will soon loose its once well renowned name.

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