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...it is summer time and we all run to the beaches to get the taste of the sea...

...but on the other hand we treat the seas like a giant dustbin, dumping huge amounts of waste in them everyday, often by way of rivers, drains and outflow pipes. This pollution includes human sewage and domestic waste water, factory outflows of acids and poisonous metals, engine oil from roadside drains and garages, farm chemicals washed off the land by rain, building-site rubble, nuclear waste from power plants, and oil from wells, refineries, and tankers. The daily flow of materials into the sea also includes a million plastic items, such as bags, nets, and bits of packaging. Most sea pollution occurs near the coast, where so many species live. Plankton in the shallows take polluting materials into their bodies, and they are passed on to the fish and shellfish that eat plankton, to larger fish, sea mammals, and seabirds, and eventually to humans who eat fish and seafood. At each stage of the food chain, the poisons can become more concentrated and therefore deadly. Sea pollution results in smaller catches of fish all over the world, either by killing fish directly, preventing them from breeding, or causing birth abnormalities. Seabirds are unable to breed and whales are poisoned...

...the seas are dying day by day... but, what do we do to save them?... this is the question to ask and it has to be answered...



for andreas (doubay)... (no poem for you file mou >:)...)



... taken in the "Rahmi M Koc Museum" by the golden horn, istanbul... you may check the workshop to see the whole artwork by Bülent Bulgurlu, the CEO of Koc Holding...

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