Americans make up 5% of world's population, and yet, produce 30% of the world's waste
Industrial Pollution (Representational Image)
What is Pollution?
Pollution can be described as contamination of air, water and soil by introduction of a contaminant into a natural environment
- 500mn: Estimated no. of cars in the world. by 2030 it will rise to one billion, thus doubling the pollution level
- 3mn: The Number of kids under the age of 5 yrs who die every year due to environmental factors like pollution.
- 85mn: Tonnes of waste prevented from being dumped in 2010 due to compositing and recycling efforts
Americans make up 5% of the world's population, and yet, produce 30% of the world's waste and use 25% of the world's resources.
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Did You Know? (Courtsey: www.conserve-energy-future.com)
- Breathing the air in Mumbai, for just one day is equivalent to smoking 100 cigarettes.
- 1,000 children die in India every year due to diseases caused by the polluted water.
- 100 Million people hit by pollution worldwide
- 1 Billion people worldwide don’t have access to safe drinking water
- 80% of urban waste in India is dumped in the Ganga
- 5,000 people die every day as a result of drinking unclean water
- There are over 73 various kinds of pesticides in groundwater, which is used as drinking water.
- China is the world’s largest producer of co2, followed by the US
- kids contribute to only 10% of world’s pollution but are prone to 40% of diseases
- 1 Million seabirds killed due to pollution every year. and 100 mn mammals too
( Source : deccan chronicle )
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