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Pollution Facts<\/h1>\n

Pollution is a Global Killer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pollution likely affects over a billion people around the world, with millions poisoned and killed each year.\u00a0 The World Heath Organization estimates that 25 percent of all deaths in the developing world are directly attributable to environmental factor.1\u00a0Some researchers estimate that exposure to pollution causes 40 percent of deaths annually.2<\/p>\n

Pollution is Regarded as a Major (and quickly emerging) Factor in Disease<\/strong><\/p>\n

People affected by pollution problems are much more susceptible to contracting other diseases.\u00a0 Others have impaired neurological development, damaged immune systems, and long-term health problems.<\/p>\n

Women and Children are Especially at Risk, Children are Most Susceptible<\/strong><\/p>\n

Children are physiologically different and more vulnerable than adults. In some cases they have higher exposures since they eat, drink and breathe more per kilogram of body weight than adults and tend to ingest a lot more dirt and house dust than adults from their crawling around and playing outside.<\/p>\n

While children only make up 10 percent of the world\u2019s population, over 40 percent of the global burden of disease falls on them.\u00a0 Indeed, more than three million children under age five die annually from environmental factors.<\/p>\n

Death is Not the Only Toll of Exposure to Pollutants<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pollution causes chronic illness, neurological damage and shortened lifespan. For instance, the presence of lead in children lowers I.Q. by an estimated 4-7 points for each increase of 10 \u03bcg\/dL.3\u00a0 Our database identifies populations around the globe with blood lead levels ranging from 50 -100 \u03bcg\/dL, up to 10 times the WHO reference levels for protection against neurological damage.<\/p>\n

Pollution is Worst in the Developing World<\/strong><\/p>\n

The world\u2019s worst polluted places are in the developing world.\u00a0\u00a0 Similar conditions no longer exist in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Japan and Australia today.\u00a0 In wealthier countries, there are sufficient legal, political, cultural and economic disincentives for polluters to allow their activities to affect human health on a massive scale.\u00a0 Unfortunately, many of these tactics do not work in developing countries that are trying to increase their industrialization and make themselves economically competitive for manufacturing and processing.<\/p>\n

Pollution Contributes to Global Warming<\/strong><\/p>\n

Toxic emission from industry and other sources may contain greenhouse gases. Therefore some sources of pollution contribute to global warming.\u00a0 Unlike global warming, where the negative effects are evolutionary and solutions elusive, the effects of pollution are immediate and deadly, and the solutions are well-known and available.<\/p>\n

Pollution:\u00a0 A Global Killer, a Solvable Problem<\/strong><\/p>\n

The understanding and the technology for remediation of all types of pollution sites is well established in the industrialized world, where life-threatening toxic pollution has almost been eliminated.\u00a0 All that is needed to eliminate pollution worldwide is resources and commitment.<\/p>\n

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1. \u201cEnvironment and Health in Developing Countries.\u201d\u00a0 World Health Organization Health and Environmental Linkages Initiative.\u00a0 Last accessed October 21, 2009.\u00a0 Available at http:\/\/www.who.int\/heli\/risks\/en\/.<\/p>\n

2. Pimentel, D. et al. \u201cEcology of Increasing Diseases: Population Growth and Environmental Degradation.\u201d Human Ecology. 35.6 [2007]: 653-668. http:\/\/www.news.cornell.edu\/stories\/Aug07\/moreDiseases.sl.html<\/p>\n

3. \u201cLead Toxicity: What are the Physiologic Effects of Lead Exposure?\u201d Case Studies in Environmental Medicine. Last Updated August 20, 2007. Available at http:\/\/www.atsdr.cdc.gov\/csem\/lead\/pbphysiologic_effects2.html.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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