Dish a Fish
I participated
in the Heal the Bay beach clean-up, contributing my time and help clean a part
of Dockweiler Beach. I picked up some incredible trash unfortunately; I did not
bring the trash back with me to make an art project. However, I did go to a
beach and did my own clean-up. I found many interesting trash in San Pedro’s
beach. My art project is made from trash that people leave behind or dump in
the beaches.
My
art project is a fish that is presented as food. The outside of the fish is
made out of a beer cap, a cigarette bud, a shirt tag, a packet of gum, and a
small hand towel. But the surprise is what the fish contains inside its body. The
second image shows the insides of the fish which is made out of the bottom part
of the sandal, a bottle cap, candy wrapper, a packet of gum, plastic, paper,
foam, cigarette, and a shirt tag. The second image shows the trash that the
fish has eaten which is the trash we make from our homes, parks, and more
places which then makes its way out into the ocean. Fishes are highly
intoxicated with chemicals and the small pieces of trash in the ocean.
On
the home website of The Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College (SERC),
- On the Cutting Edge, - Geology and Human Health, Gianna Andrews presents the
case on “Plastics in the Ocean Affecting Human Health.” The author presents
their case of plastic circulating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and that
trash takes years to decompose entirely. Andrews says, “The worse part is,
these plastics don’t biodegrade, so they brake up into tiny pieces that are
consumed by fish and sea mammals.” All marine animals are being intoxicated by
the smallest particle. With fishes being contaminated it affects the food chain
in our system because we can become contaminated without knowing if the fish we
eat has contamination. We put ourselves in danger when polluting our oceans and
sea animals.
For
the people who trash our oceans and harm our marine animals with or without
noticing be aware that you risk your own health too. Help keep our beaches
clean by picking up the trash we leave behind and not dumping it on the floor. We
can also do clean-ups with organizations like Heal the Bay and make a
difference in our environment.
Let us keep our environment clean and our marine animals’ habitats safe from
our pollution.
Work Cited
Andrews, Gianna. Plastics
in the Ocean Affecting Human Health. The Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College, 16 Sept.
2013. Web. 3 June 2014.
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