1. Because we don't think about future generations, they will
never forget us. ~Henrik Tikkanen
2. Is the action of polluting especially by environmental
contamination with manmade waste; also: the condition of being
polluted.
3. WATER POLLUTION An estimated 1,000 children in India die
every day due to disease caused by polluted water. Polluted coastal
water costs the global economy $12.8 billion a year in death and
disease. We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow
it from our children. ~Native American Proverb
4. In China alone, 320 million people are without access to
clean drinking water. Approximately 46% of the lakes in America are
too polluted for fishing, aquatic life, or swimming.
5. The amount of plastic waste has been increasing about 10%
each year for the past 20 years Each person in the U.S. produces
about 4 pounds (2 kg) of garbage a day.
6. GANGES POLLUTED RIVER The Ganges River in India is one of
the most polluted rivers in the world. The pollution includes
sewage, trash, food, and animal remains. In some places the Ganges
is septic, and corpses of semicremated adults or enshrouded babies
drift down the river.
7. Approximately 1/3 of male fish in British rivers are in the
process of changing sex due to pollution. Also thousands of species
are in extinction because of the water pollution. Over 1 million
seabirds are killed by plastic waste per year. Over 100,000 sea
mammals and countless fish are killed per year due to
pollution.i
8. The pollution is usually much worse in developing countries
compared to developed countries, mostly because these countries
lack basic funds to tackle pollution
9. For every 1 million tons of oil that is shipped, about 1 ton
is spilled
10. AIR POLLUTION Our most basic common link is that we all
inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish
our children's future. And we are all mortal. John F. Kennedy
11. LINFEN, CHINA Most polluted city in the world
12. L A T I N A M E R I C A N P O L L U T I O N F A C T S
13. BECAUSE NORMAL HUMAN ACTIVITY IS WORSE FOR NATURE THAN THE
GREATEST NUCLEAR ACCIDENT IN HISTORY. MARTIN CRUZ SMITH