~~~~FACTS~~~~
:( Polluted drinking waters are a problem for about half of the world’s population. Each year there are about 250 million cases of water-based diseases, resulting in roughly 5 to 10 million deaths.
:( For every one of the 6 billion people on earth, nearly four tons of carbon dioxide is spewed into the air annually
:( World wide, rainforests are disappearing at a rate of one and a half football fields per second.
:( Americans consume 22% of the worlds oil, even though they make up just 5% of the world's population - as a result the past 100 years has seen heat trapping gases increase by 22%
:( According to the World Health Organization, if you are one of the 18 million residents of
- Breathing daily air pollution is like smoking 20 cigarettes a day
-You take in over 20 times the acceptable level of air pollution each day
:( The World Bank reported in 2002 that pollution causes 2.42 billion dollars worth of damage to the Egyptian environment annually - equaling about 5 percent of the country’s annual gross domestic product.
:( The risk of cancer from breathing diesel exhaust is about ten times more than ingesting all other toxic air pollutants combined, with diesel emissions contributing to over 70% of the cancer risk from air pollution in the
:( A recent study from Toronto Public Health estimates over 440 deaths a year in the Canadian city can be directly attributed to traffic emissions.
:( Emissions from ocean-going ships contribute to approximately 60,000 deaths each year, mostly from heart and lung-related cancers.
:( Americans generate 30 billion foam cups, 220 million tires, and 1.8 billio disposable diapers every year
