Pollution kills more than 1.7 million children a year, WHO reports:
And, of course, in countries like China that have suffered recently from extremely serious air-pollution, doubtless the number of adults who will die early from lung cancer etc will increase drastically.
This should remind us that effective environmental regulations that ensure clean water and clean air, are not just nice-to-haves or things on the wish-lists of hippies and environmentalists, they are actually a basic moral necessity because they save lives.
More than 1.7 million children under the age of 5 die each year due to the effects of living in polluted environments, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
In a report released Monday, WHO found more than 1 in 4 deaths of children between the ages of 1 month and 5 years old worldwide result from pollution problems including second-hand smoke, dirty water, poor sanitation, inadequate hygiene, and indoor and outdoor air pollution.
In a report released Monday, WHO found more than 1 in 4 deaths of children between the ages of 1 month and 5 years old worldwide result from pollution problems including second-hand smoke, dirty water, poor sanitation, inadequate hygiene, and indoor and outdoor air pollution.
And, of course, in countries like China that have suffered recently from extremely serious air-pollution, doubtless the number of adults who will die early from lung cancer etc will increase drastically.
This should remind us that effective environmental regulations that ensure clean water and clean air, are not just nice-to-haves or things on the wish-lists of hippies and environmentalists, they are actually a basic moral necessity because they save lives.
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