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Stop Cruise Ship Pollution
Published by Ryan Bell on Jul 27, 2005
Target: government
Region: United States of America
Web site: http://www.stopcruisepollution.com/
Background (Preamble):
Pollution from cruise ships is a growing problem. Cruise ships generate an astonishing amount of pollution, up to 25,000 gallons of sewage from toilets and 143,000 gallons of sewage from sinks, galleys and showers each day.
Currently, lax state and federal anti-pollution laws allow cruise ships to dump untreated sewage from sinks and showers and inadequately treated sewage from toilets in state waters. And untreated sewage from toilets once the ships is three miles from shore.
This puts our coastal environment at risk from the threats of bacteria, pathogens and heavy metals generated in these waste streams.
Currently, lax state and federal anti-pollution laws allow cruise ships to dump untreated sewage from sinks and showers and inadequately treated sewage from toilets in state waters. And untreated sewage from toilets once the ships is three miles from shore.
This puts our coastal environment at risk from the threats of bacteria, pathogens and heavy metals generated in these waste streams.
Petition:
The goernment should ban cruise ships from dumping any kind of untreated sewage into the ocean.
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