These 15 Shocking Facts About Pollution Will Make Think
Nathan Johnson
Published
03/04/2015
Pollution is a very alarming problem for the world right now
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Nearly 700 million Chinese people drink contaminated water -
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For every 1 million tons of oil that is shipped, 1 ton is spilled. -
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If you spend one day in Beijing breathing the air, it has the same health effects as smoking 21 cigarettes. -
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While Americans make up only 5% of the world's population, it accounts for 30% of the world's waste and uses 25% of the world's resources. -
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1 in every 8 deaths on Earth can be linked to air pollution. -
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The pollution hovering above China is visible from space. -
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Marine creatures swallow plastic bags because they think they are edible jellyfish. -
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14 Billion pounds of garbage is dumped into the ocean every year and most of it is plastic. -
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Breathing the air in Mumbai for one whole day is equivalent to smoking 100 cigarettes. -
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3.4 million people die each year because of water related problems. -
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Russia's Lake Karachay is the most polluted and contaminated lake in the world. -
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In 2012, 49 million tons of waste from electronics was generated. -
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Plastic bottles take approximately 500 years to decompose. -
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A child dies every 8 seconds from contaminated water. -
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Almost a third of the air pollution in San Francisco comes from China.
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