That's because we breathe in toxic air, we eat fish laden with mercury, and we drink from rivers clogged with plastics.

These problems issues are so common, we've begun to accept them.

But did you know that you have a right to a clean environment?

Every day, people can use the law and their purchasing power to press governments and businesses to respect Mother Nature.

Billions of people around the world rely on our oceans for food and for their livelihoods.

But 8 million tons of plastic and toxic waste enter the sea each year, contaminating fish, clogging shorelines, and hampering shipping.

By exercising your fundamental human rights, you can help prevent marine pollution.

You can demand that businesses live up to their responsibility to curtail marine pollution.

You can boycott companies that waste resources and use too much packaging.

You can call on governments to enact policies that reduce the use of plastic.

And you can change your own habits as a consumer, using less and recycling more.

The protection of our seas and oceans is our human right.

Pollution affects almost every aspect of life on Earth.

But when people exercise their environmental rights, we have a fighting chance to beat pollution and to ensure the health of our planet.

Do your part.

Claim your right to a safe and healthy life.

It is our human right.