The report in the Fiji Sun dated 15/01/24 has compelled me to write about the dead sea slugs.
I was utterly dismayed and flabbergasted to read the report.
A few weeks before, the media had posted a picture of the dead fish and hundreds of them somewhere in Fiji waters.
I had only watched images of dead fish and thousands of them on Al Jazeera and TRT channels in two different locations. Why that happens is quite simple.
The fish suffocates due the chemicals that run off streams, creeks, rivers, and finally into the sea and oceans.
There are millions of litres of chemicals used on farms and everywhere to kill grass, herbs and weeds, and this is an aggravating factor too.
The dangerous chemicals such as weedicides, pesticides, insecticides and herbicides too destroy weeds and grass and herbs.
In the 50s and 60s, people were manually cutting grass and weeds.
Now, chemicals have lessened the amount of work, and more time is spent on drinking kava.
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