Hypoxia and Medicine

Please help me reword this sentence?

This is the ending of an English Comp essay, it is about the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. Im trying to convince people to be more responsible for their actions and to realize that their actions affect others. The most important thing to realize is that activities in the Midwest can alter life of people and animals in the Gulf of Mexico. Thanks.

Public Comments

1. Maybe it's just me but I believe you need to insert the word "the" between alter and life. Other than that I think your sentence is just peachy keen.