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Maribel Villegas ECA 2
A piece of news.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesellsmoor/2019/04/26/cruise-ship-pollution-is-causing-serious-health-and-environmental-problems/#299d7da37db3
Cruise
ship pollution is causing serious health and environmental problems.
Cruise ship 'Independence of
the Seas' at the cruise terminal on Wilhelmina Pier, Netherlands, sending
black smoke into the atmosphere.
The
cruise industry transported over 26 million customers last year and
was worth upwards of $117 billion in 2017. All market projections show that the
industry will continue to grow as operators continue to build new
state-of-the-art ships with the latest in leisure opportunities.
Cruise
ships have often been described as ‘floating cities’, and as environmental
groups have pointed out that they are just as if not more polluting. A
passenger’s carbon footprint triples in size when taking a cruise and
the emissions produced can contribute to serious health issues. On
top of the pollution caused by their exhaust fumes, cruise ships have been
caught discarding trash, fuel, and sewage directly into the ocean.
The
dumping of sewage and other such pollutants into the ocean has only aggravated
environmental groups and governments charged with cleaning it up, leading the
decisions made by some in the cruise industry’s to release more pollutants to
be met with widespread condemnation.
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