Guest guest Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 At 12:16 PM 8/16/07, you wrote: >Dying For a Change >Pollution causes some 40 percent of deaths worldwide, says new research > >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. " > >[ email | discuss | + digg | + del.icio.us ] > >straight to the source: Science Daily, 14 Aug 2007 > >straight to the source: The Ithaca Journal, Topher Sanders, 13 Aug 2007 > >see also, in Grist: An interview with David Pimentel ****** Kraig and Shirley Carroll ... in the woods of SE Kentucky http://www.thehavens.com/ thehavens 606-376-3363 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.859 / Virus Database: 585 - Release 2/14/05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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