Study says pollution responsible for up to 40% of deaths worldwide
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It's not a secret that pollution isn't good for the planet or the many creatures that inhabit it, but still I find the results of the study reported on here are absolutely mind-blowing. According to a study conducted at Cornell University by a professor of ecology and agricultural sciences along with a team of graduate students, various forms of pollution can be blamed for up to 40% of deaths across the globe.
Numbers that large offer a pretty scary wake-up call. Water, soil and air pollution are the biggest killers, with air pollution alone being blamed for up to 3 million deaths a year. The piece points out that toxins in the environment can lead to a range of potentially deadly health problems including cancer, immune system defects, birth defects and more.
I think that this sort of news really brings home that fact that we all need to think more about not only what we put into our bodies but also what we're expelling into the environment, as eventally a lot of that junk will end up in our bodies anyway. What do you think?
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Fredric Dennis Williams 1-12-2008 @ 3:17AM
Interesting claim. I'd be suspicious of such numbers. Everyone dies, and determining the proximate cause is sometimes difficult without an autopsy. To determine the cause of death of everyone in the world is impossible, so the so-called scientist and his graduate students are, I would suspect, simply making assumptions that allow them to arrive at this conclusion. Check the assumptions without accepting them unquestioningly. A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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