Daily Grist: POLLUTION CAUSES 40%OF DEATHS WORLD WIDE!

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At 12:16 PM 8/16/07, you wrote:

 

>Dying For a Change

>Pollution causes some 40 percent of deaths worldwide, says new research

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>Here's one small reason to join the save-the-environment cause: new

>research indicates that some 40 percent of deaths worldwide are a direct

>effect of air, water, and soil pollution. Dirty air contributes to cancer

>and birth defects; unclean water accounts for 80 percent of all infectious

>diseases; and contaminated soil passes toxics to unwitting humans through

>direct contact or via food. According to researchers' review of data from

>more than 120 published papers, pollution combined with population growth

>contributes to malnourishment and disease susceptibility in 3.7 billion

>people, or about 57 percent of the world population. In 1950, when a mere

>2.5 billion humans roamed the earth, only 20 percent of the population was

>malnourished. Says lead researcher David Pimentel, " We have serious

>environmental resource problems of water, land, and energy, and these are

>now coming to bear on food production, malnutrition, and the incidence of

>diseases. "

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>straight to the source: Science Daily, 14 Aug 2007

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>straight to the source: The Ithaca Journal, Topher Sanders, 13 Aug 2007

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>see also, in Grist: An interview with David Pimentel

 

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