Artificial Reefs Bad

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Artificial reefs are bad for the ocean ecosystem. Man-made reefs are bad for the ecosystem because they promote irresponsible refuse management. This means that people who are making these artificial reefs are saying that, everything can be a reef, when the reality is that they are just using the ocean as an underwater trash dump, but what they aren’t aware of, is that this junk will build up and cause problems. This underwater landfill may harm the living and healthy marine life by toxitating them. For example, tires and rusted metals are toxic to marine life, therefore, the artificial reef is actually killing the fish and plants. Another example of how artificial reefs are bad for the ocean ecosystem, is that they can lead to an increase