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  • About 40 percent of deaths worldwide are caused by water, air and soil pollution, concludes a Cornell researcher.
  • Air pollution from smoke and various chemicals kills 3 million people a year. In the United States alone about 3 million tons of toxic chemicals are released into the environment -- contributing to cancer, birth defects, immune system defects and many other serious health problems.
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  • 6 million children's deaths each year
  • life-threatening diseases, according to the research.
  • • Nearly half the world's people are crowded into urban areas, often without  adequate sanitation, and are exposed to epidemics of such diseases as measles  and flu.

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  Joel Steckelberg

  This website talks about how serious pollution is. I looked at the air pollution statistics on there because that is what my group is focusing on.

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  Pollution Causes 40 Percent Of Deaths Worldwide Study Finds

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  • About 40 percent of deaths worldwide are caused by water, air and soil  pollution, concludes a Cornell researcher. Such environmental degradation,  coupled with the growth in world population, are major causes behind the rapid  increase in human diseases, which the World Health Organization has recently  reported. Both factors contribute to the malnourishment and disease  susceptibility of 3.7 billion people, he says
  • Of the world population of about 6.5 billion, 57 percent is malnourished,  compared with 20 percent of a world population of 2.5 billion in 1950, said  Pimentel. Malnutrition is not only the direct cause of 6 million children's  deaths each year but also makes millions of people much more susceptible to such  killers as acute respiratory infections, malaria and a host of other  life-threatening diseases, according to the research
  • Nearly half the world's people are crowded into urban areas, often without  adequate sanitation, and are exposed to epidemics of such diseases as measles  and flu
  • With 1.2 billion people lacking clean water, waterborne infections account for  80 percent of all infectious diseases. Increased water pollution creates  breeding grounds for malaria-carrying mosquitoes, killing 1.2 million to 2.7  million people a year, and air pollution kills about 3 million people a year.  Unsanitary living conditions account for more than 5 million deaths each year,  of which more than half are children
  • Air pollution from smoke and various chemicals kills 3 million people a year. In  the United States alone about 3 million tons of toxic chemicals are released  into the environment -- contributing to cancer, birth defects, immune system  defects and many other serious health problems
  • Soil is contaminated by many chemicals and pathogens, which are passed on to  humans through direct contact or via food and water. Increased soil erosion  worldwide not only results in more soil being blown but spreading of disease  microbes and various toxins.
  • At the same time, more microbes are becoming increasingly drug-resistant. And  global warming, together with changes in biological diversity, influence  parasite evolution and the ability of exotic species to invade new areas. As a  result, such diseases as tuberculosis and influenza are re-emerging as major  threats, while new threats -- including West Nile virus and Lyme disease -- have  developed

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  • Of the world population of about 6.5 billion, 57 percent is malnourished, compared with 20 percent of a world population of 2.5 billion in 1950, said Pimentel. Malnutrition is not only the direct cause of 6 million children's deaths each year but also makes millions of people much more susceptible to such killers as acute respiratory infections, malaria and a host of other life-threatening diseases, according to the research.

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