Suspended Matter Water Pollution
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Suspended matter water pollution is one of the six types of Water pollution causes.
Suspended matter
Particulate or suspended matter pollution is any man-made material like Plastics or rubber that is improperly disposed of and cannot be broken down easily. Most of the suspended matter consists of plastic and much of this suspended matter causes Entanglement in fishing gears. Suspended material does 2 things when they are disposed of in surface water
- Sink to bottom: When the particulate matter is disposed of in surface water it can sink to the bottom and release toxic chemicals that damage and threaten marine life. The toxic chemicals that are released also threaten the safety of our drinking water.
- Float to the surface of water preventing sunlight from penetrating the water below which also will result in the death of many plants because they cannot surface without sunlight which has an effect throughout the whole food chain and ecosystem.
When the particulate matter breaks down even more into smaller particles like [Plastics | Microplastics] it threatens the survival of marine life animals as well as plants.
