Chemical Pollution in the Gulf of Mexico

​The chemical introduction to the gulf has led to a variety of negative consequences. Beyond the issue of pollution, the responses to the effects are concerning due to posing threat to a variety of lifeforms. Specifically, “chemical pollution can be caused by a variety of chemicals from a variety of sources and can involve a variety of health effects from simple digestive problems to chemical intoxication and sudden death by poisoning. The effects are usually related to the exposure to high amounts of chemicals. Chemical pollution leads to various serious diseases, generally by consuming poisonous food, drinking highly contaminated water, or breathing highly contaminated air” (Environmental Pollution Centers, 2017). Additionally, chemical pollution threatens the possibility of sustaining life in a given environment, thus establishing dead zones and altering the environment to the point of altering the types of species who can live there.