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laodan discovered 9 months ago- Pollution causes 40 percent of deaths worldwide in Science Blog in http://www.news.cornell.edu/
About 40 percent of deaths worldwide are caused by water, air and soil pollution, concludes a Cornell researcher. Such environmental degradation, coupled with the growth in world population, are major causes behind the rapid increase in human diseases, which the World Health Organization has recently reported. Both factors contribute to the malnourishment and disease susceptibility of 3.7 billion people, he says. Of the world population of about 6.5 billion, 57 percent is malnourished, compared with 20 percent of a world population of 2.5 billion in 1950, said Pimentel. Malnutrition is not only the direct cause of 6 million children's deaths each year but also makes millions of people much more susceptible to such killers as acute respiratory infections, malaria and a host of other life-threatening diseases, according to the research. Pollution causes 40 percent of deaths worldwide Here is another demonstration of the false premise of modernity. Modernity is indeed always presented by its apologists as being the race towards always better lives for all... Check this: "Of the world population of about 6.5 billion, 57 percent is malnourished, compared with 20 percent of a world population of 2.5 billion in 1950," So the total quantity of mal-nourished people goes from 0.5 billion in 1950 to 3.7 billion in 2007 while the total quantity of well-nourished goes from 2 billion in 1950 to 2.8 billion in 2007. Are you able to see progress here? I'm not. Globalization is responsible for a big chunk of that population growth and it seems that globalization has only benefitted those who were already well-nourished initially. But there is another lesson here. Health is not bettering because of advanced medicine as the myth would have it. A better health and a higher life expectancy seem mostly related to the quality of the water distributed to the people and the quality of the air they breathe ...
- Pollution causes 40 percent of deaths worldwide in Science Blog in http://www.news.cornell.edu/
