Thousands of tons of pesticides are blown off the fields into the sea, detergents from millions of sinks kill fish, and fertilizers, flushed out to sea, nourish explosions of plankton which cover bathers with itchy slime.

• 成千上万吨的杀虫剂从田地里飘散到海水中，数百万计的水槽清洁剂（入海中）死了鱼，化肥也被冲击到海水中去，浮游生物所散出的物体使让人发痒的粘土覆盖在沐浴者身上。