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SHOCKING FACTS ABOUT POLLUTION

Added on: 13th Oct 2015

 

EVERY YEAR, MORE THAN 14 BILLION POUNDS

(6 BILLION KILOGRAMS) OF GARBAGE IS DUMPED

INTO THE WORLD'S OCEAN. MOST OF IT, IS PLASTIC

THAT IS TOXIC TO MARINE LIFE.

water pollution

 

 

KNOWN AS THE GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH,

THERE EVEN IS A “CONTINENT” MADE FROM THE

PLASTIC TRASH, FLOATING IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN.

ACCORDING TO SOME ESTIMATES, THE PATCH CAN BE

AS LARGE AS TWICE THE SIZE OF THE US.

25 Shocking Facts About Pollution

 

 

LANDFILLS ARE AMONG THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTORS

TO SOIL POLLUTION. ABOUT 80% OF THE ITEMS BURIED

IN LANDFILLS COULD BE RECYCLED.

landfill

 

 

THERE ARE MORE THAN 500 MILLION CARS IN THE WORLD

NOW AND THE NUMBER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO OVER

A BILLION BY 2030, WHICH MEANS THE POLLUTION CAUSED

BY CARS COULD POTENTIALLY DOUBLE BY THAT YEAR.

car pollution

 

 

AMERICANS MAKE UP ABOUT 5% OF THE WORLD´S

POPULATION BUT PRODUCE AS MUCH AS 30% OF THE

WORLD´S WASTE AND USE ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE

WORLD´S NATURAL RESOURCES.

waste

 

 

WE KNOW MASSIVE DEADLY OIL SPILLS ARE CREATED

AFTER TANKERS OR DRILLING RIGS HAVE ACCIDENTS

BUT IN FACT, FOR EVERY MILLION TONS OF OIL SHIPPED,

THERE IS ALWAYS ONE TON OF OIL SPILLED

WITHOUT ANY ACCIDENT.

oil spill

 

 

THE ONLY RELATIVELY CLEAN PLACE ON EARTH IS

THE ANTARCTICA. THE CONTINENT IS PROTECTED

BY THE ANTARCTIC TREATY THAT PROHIBITS MILITARY

ACTIVITIES, MINERAL MINING, NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS

AND NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL.

Antarctica

 

 

CHINA IS AMONG THE COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST AIR

POLLUTION IN THE WORLD. BREATHING AIR IN BEIJING,

THE COUNTRY´S CAPITAL, INCREASES THE RISK OF LUNG

CANCER IN THE SAME WAY AS SMOKING 20

CIGARETTES A DAY.

air pollution

 

 

MOREOVER, ALMOST 700 MILLION CHINESE (ABOUT A

HALF OF THE COUNTRY´S POPULATION) HAVE TO

DRINK CONTAMINATED WATER.

Water pollution

 


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