How does water pollution affect plants living in surrounding areas?

Posted on October 29, 2009
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]sara[ asked:


Just stuck writing on a part in my essay.

Any information on how water pollution affects plants living in surrounding(aquatic) areas?

Thankyou!

p.s. Please do not write, “I’m not helping” or “I know, but I’m not telling you”, or anything else like that! Please only answer if you have any information about it. If you could include any sources you may have that would be great!

Environmental Pollution

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One Response to “How does water pollution affect plants living in surrounding areas?”

  1. Environmental Pollution on October 30th, 2009 8:32 am

    Ecosystem

    Your question is a bit ambiguous. Pollution never improves plant life and in it’s extreme, can kill plants that are in direct contact with it. Pollution in very small amounts will not appear to have any effect at all. The plant itself makes a lot of difference as well. Some plants are very hardy and will withstand a lot of pollution. Others will not withstand extreme changes in the climate, much less extreme levels of pollution. Then you also have to look at how much pollution over how much time. A little pollution over a long time may be as harmful or even more harmful than a lot of pollution over a shorter period of time.

    Final thought: Depending on the levels and time of exposure, pollution can go from no discernable effect to completely devastating.

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