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Plastics
403 billion pounds of plastic are produced from oil every year. For more information, visit: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&refer=home&sid=a14k5rGoGenk U.S. plastic production...
Written on October 7, 2008
Water Contamination
GLOBAL BURDEN and FUNDAMENTAL NECESSITY — CLEAN WATER Polluted water combined with inadequate sanitation kill 2 children every minute worldwide. Contributing factors include global warming, groundwater...
Written on October 7, 2008
War
Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz and co-author Linda Bilmes estimated earlier this year that the Iraq war costs $12 billion per month. This translates to $395 million per day or $144 billion per year....
Written on October 7, 2008
Energy Consumption
70% of US electricity is produced using fossil fuels. For more information, visit: http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/states/electricity.cfm/state=IL http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/page/prim2/chapter3.html...
Written on October 7, 2008
Pesticides
Pesticides include herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, disinfectant, and compounds used to control mice and rats. Studies show pesticide exposures in humans induce an increase in headaches, fatigue, insomnia,...
Written on October 7, 2008
Global Warming
THE 21st CENTURY CLIMATE CHALLENGE Heat trapping gases sent into the atmosphere in 2008 will stay there until 2108 and beyond. We are therefore making choices today that will affect our own lives, as well...
Written on October 7, 2008
Waste
THE FACTS ABOUT TRASH Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) —otherwise known as trash or garbage—consists of product packaging, grass clippings, furniture, clothing, bottles, food scraps, newspapers, appliances, and...
Written on October 7, 2008
Textile Manufacturing
The textile industry is one of the largest in the world; responsible for enormous CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions and must be considered a significant contributor to climate change....
Written on October 7, 2008
