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Like it or not, pollution is a concept most ignored in the modern world are some shocking facts about pollution that give a quick look through how this destroyer is to create havoc on earth.
Pollution can be described as the contamination of air, water and soil by the introduction of a contaminant in a natural environment, most often by humans that are harmful to living organisms forms the pollution most common are the air pollution, water pollution, agricultural pollution and soil pollution.
Pollution is defined by the American Heritage Dictionary as Science.
The contamination of air, water or soil by substances harmful to living organisms pollution can occur naturally, for example by volcanic eruptions, or as a result of human activities such as oil spill or disposal of industrial waste.
Fact 1 Pollution is one of the main causes of death, affecting more than 100 million worldwide.
Fact 2 More than 1 billion people around the world don t have access to drinking water.
Fact 3 5000 people die every day due to drinking contaminated water.
Fact 4 The waste dumped into the ocean each year is about 14 billion pounds of plastic is the main constituent.
Fact 5 Pollution kills more than 1 million seabirds and mammals 100 million each year.
Makes 6 people living in air pollution zone high density, 20 have a higher risk of dying from lung cancer than people living in less polluted areas.
Fact 7 About 46 lakes in America are extremely polluted and therefore risky for swimming, fishing and aquatic life.
Makes 8 In the vast extent of pollution disaster, which took place in London in the year 1952, about four thousand people died in a few days because of high concentrations of pollution.
Done 9 US produces 30 waste in the world and uses 25 natural resource worlds.
Done 10 The Mississippi River dumps May 1 million metric tons of nitrogen pollution in the Gulf of Mexico each year.
Done 11 Each year about one billion liters of untreated sewage and industrial waste is dumped in U water.
12 The children contribute only made 10 of the pollution of the world, but are subject to 40 diseases in the world.
Done 13 Over 3 million children under 5 die every year due to environmental factors such as pollution.
Made only 14 composting and recycling prevented 85 million tons of waste to be dumped in 2010.
Done 15 China is the largest producer of carbon dioxide in the United States is the world's No. 2.
16 Done About 80 urban waste in India is thrown into the Ganges.
Done 17 Noise pollution is the most overlooked type of pollution.
Done 18 The amount of money invested in the nuclear test could be used to finance 8000 hand pumps, giving villages access through third world drinking water.
Done 19 Ocean acidification is the worst pollution in the oceans are becoming more acidic street of greenhouse emissions from fossil fuels.
Done 20 livestock waste contributes majorly to soil pollution during the monsoon, water flows in promising fields of dangerous bacteria cattle in streams.
Makes 21 More than 100 pesticides in the medium air, water or soil can cause birth defects, the gene mutation and cancer.
Done 22 There are over about 73 different types of pesticides in groundwater, which is used as drinking water.
Done 23 There are over 500 million cars in the world and by 2030 the number will increase to 1 billion This means pollution level will more than double.
Done 24 major oil spills like those in the Gulf of Mexico is the worst type of pollution due to constant oil spills in the body of water that is spreading everywhere.
Done 25 House owners use chemicals that are 10 times more toxic per acre, the amount used by farmers.
26 is about 1000 children die every year in India due to diseases caused by polluted water.
Done 27 In India, the Ganges water gradually becomes septic, especially because of dumping half burned corpses and wrapped babies.
Done 28 88 children in Guiyu, China suffer from various respiratory diseases such as where they live is a huge site e-waste.
Done 29 Antarctica is the cleanest place on Earth protected by anti-pollution laws.
Done 30 Scientific research has shown that emissions of carbon dioxide are lower the pH of the ocean and are acidifying more.
Done 31 A single car generates half a ton of CO 2 and a space shuttle NASA releases 28 tons of C0 2.
Done 32 Americans buy more than 29 million bottles of water each year only 13 of these bottles are recycled each year.
Done 33 tsunami in Japan in 2011, has created a debris 70 miles, consisting of cars, plastic, corpses and radioactive wastes.
Done 34 Cadmium is a dangerous pollutant that kills cells of fetal sex organs is widespread in many things we eat and drink.
Done 35 only 5 days needed for a jet to China to carry the air pollution in the United States.
Done 36 Pollution in China can change the weather in the United States.
Done 37 World health Organization WHO estimated 6400 people die each year in Mexico due to air pollution.
38 Done One Person United States produces 2 kilograms of waste per day.
Done 39 The United Arab Emirates is one of the largest producers of waste and water consumption.
Done 40 Each 1 million tons of oil is shipped, about 1 ton of waste is in the form of spills.
Makes 41 Most dangerous pollutants released into the atmosphere each year are released to surface water, groundwater and earth combined.
42 Done About 3 billion people without adequate shelter and cook healthcare and heat their homes using open fires and stoves leaking, thus further contributing to pollution and global warming.
The fact that 43 COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease that develop because of pollution of indoor air is responsible for the deaths of over 1 million people each year.
Makes 44 People more sensitive to high levels of ozone are children, the elderly, people with lung disease, and people who are active outdoors.
Done 45 A glass that is produced from recycled glass instead of raw materials can reduce air pollution by 20, and the pollution of water by 50.
Done 46 If you think you don t smoke and you'll be spared lung cancer, remember that your lungs or heart can also be simply damaged from exposure to ozone and particles.
47 made locations that are near busy roads, seaports and railyards are dangerous place to live or work because they contain more concentrated levels of air pollution.
Made In 48 cities, where there is a huge traffic and vehicles drive bumper to bumper, the pollutants in the air can get into your car to the air you breathe inside car up to 10 times more polluted than the typical air of the city.
Done 49 In 1987, the U S Published 1 2 million tons of toxic chemicals into the atmosphere 670,000 tons in our soil, and 250,000 tons in our water International Wildlife Magazine.
Done 50 In the United States, 41 of all insecticides are used on corn Eighty percent of them are used to treat a parasite that could be controlled by a simple rotation of corn for one year with another culture.
Done 51 Public transport and carpooling can help reduce air pollution and saving money to a great extent.
If these statistics are enough to give an alarm clock, then more must be done beyond step forward and stop pollution you today.
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