A. R. Curry
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Happy Earth Day!
In 1970, the modern movement known as Earth Day was born from a need to slow down the negative effects of our fast-paced lives on the environment. While we are much more environmentally cautious these days, we are seeing the consequences of our actions. Here are a few uncomfortable statistics provided by dosomething.org:
- Each year, 1.2 trillion gallons of untreated sewage, storm-water, and industrial waste are dumped into US water. [1]
- Over 1 million seabirds and 100,000 sea mammals are killed by pollution every year. [2]
- Approximately 40% of lakes in America are too polluted for fishing, aquatic life, or swimming. [3]
While children make up 10% of the world’s population, over 40% of the global burden of disease falls on them. [4] They’re being left to clean up our mess. Worse, more than 3 million children under age five die annually from environmental factors. [4] Waiting until tomorrow to take action, got us in this predicament. How about we join and start today?
- United Nations environment Programme. “Marine Liter: Trash that Kills.” Web Accessed April 22, 2019..
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. “Nonpoint Source Pollution: The Nation’s Largest Water Quality Problem.” Web Accessed April 22, 2019.
- Chambers, Neil B. “How Infastructure Makes Water Work for Us” Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
- Blacksmith Instite, Green Cross. “The World’s Worst Pollution Problems: The Top Ten of the Toxic Twenty.” Web Accessed April 22nd, 2019.
