Environment damage behind a quarter of premature deaths, diseases: UN report

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  • United Nations said in a landmark report on the planet’s parlous state that A quarter of all premature deaths and diseases worldwide are due to manmade pollution and environmental damage
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  • Health emergencies shown in the report:
    (1) GEO said that poor environmental conditions cause approximately 25% of global disease and mortality.
    (2) Lacking access to clean drinking supplies, 1.4 million people die each year from preventable diseases such as diarrhoea and parasites linked to pathogen-riddled water and poor sanitation.
    (3) Chemicals pumped into the seas cause “potentially multi-generational” adverse health effects.
    (4) Land degradation through mega-farming and deforestation occurs in areas of earth home to 3.2 billion people.
    (5) Food waste for instance, which accounts for 9% of global greenhouse gas emissions, could be slashed.
    (6) The world currently throws away a third of all food produced. In richer nations, 56% goes to waste.
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Posted by Jawwad Kazi on 14th Mar 2019
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