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FACTS ABOUT POLLUTION

FACTS ABOUT POLLUTION


1. Pollution is one of the biggest global killers, affecting over 100 million people. That’s comparable to global diseases like malaria and HIV.

2. Cleanups can save animals’ lives and discourage people from littering in the future. Take initiative and host a cleanup -- wearing anything but clothes! -- at a park near you. Sign up for ABC Cleanup.

3. In 1975, the National Academy of Sciences estimated that marine resources, such as cargo ships and cruise ships, dumped 14 billion pounds of waste into the sea.

4. Pollution kills one million hurricanes and 100,000 marine mammals each year.

5. People who live in high-pollution areas have a 20% higher risk of lung cancer than those who live in less-polluted areas.

6. The Mississippi River carries approximately 1.5 million metric tons of nitrogen pollution into the Gulf of Mexico each year, creating a "dead zone" in the Gulf every summer the size of New Jersey.

7. About 40% of lakes in the United States are polluted for fishing, aquatic life or swimming.

8. Americans make up 5% of the world's population. However, the United States uses 25% of the world's resources. It burns 25% of the world's coal, 26% of the world's oil and 27% of the world's natural gas.

9. Each year, 1.2 trillion gallons of wastewater, storm-water and untreated industrial waste are dumped into US water.

10. While 10% of the world's population have children, more than 40% of the global burden of the disease falls on them. Every year, more than 300,000 children under the age of five die from environmental factors.
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