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Life Below The Sea

  Life below the sea is counting on us. There are now thousands of tons of plastic in the ocean and about 8 million pieces go in every single day! Life underwater is very important because almost 70% of our oxygen comes from the sea. At this point there are no shortcuts to save the ocean, we have to clean them!                      Millions of sea life die every year due to pollution and plastic. According to Wikipedia “ About eighty percent of marine pollution comes from land.”  Air pollution is also a factor because the air carries harmful chemicals like dust and sulfur that can harm most sea animals . In addition to all that whenever a ship crashes it causes an oil spill which can be harmful for years to come. All of those events lead to the estimated 100 million marine  deaths that ...

Causes Of Cancer

  In the U.S.A about 1.8 million have been diagnosed with cancer in 2020.  Approximately 600,000 of the 1.8 million people die and that's only in the US. My topic is the causes of cancer. For example some things that cause cancer would be Diet and physical activity , smoking, sun and other types of radiation and viruses and other infections. There are over 100 different types of cancers that all do very different things. Cancer doesn't only affect adults, It affects all ages including babies, kids and adults. The first habit that I am going to talk about is smoking. Smoking can cause lung cancer or serious damage to your lungs. About 480,000 people die  in the USA because of smoking. People who smoke normally die about 1- years before people who don't. All the other habits do not have a certain type linked to them, less physical activity is linked to most cancers. Sun and radiation exposure can lead mainly to skin cancer. Viruses have many cancers linked for example p...