Pollution and the Environment Have you ever turned on the television and saw an oil spill or gotten really excited to go to the beach only to see contamination signs everywhere? Pollution may be destroying the ocean before the ocean's resources will fully be used. For years, all kinds of garbage and toxic waste have been disposed into the ocean, thinking that the ocean is large enough to absorb it and not be affected by it. But now the widespread effects are known. The government needs to spend some taxpayer money on helping the conditions of these beaches because in time there will not be that many more beaches. P