ECO PROBLEMS CAUSE 13 MILLION DEATHS A YEAR

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TREE HUGGER - A recent report out of Europe indicates that tackling air
pollution, contaminated drinking water and other environmental risks
could save 13 million lives annually around the globe. Released by the
World Health Organization, the report shows that Angola, Burkina Faso,
Mali and Afghanistan to be among the countries most affected by
environmental risk factors including noise pollution, hazardous working
conditions, problematic agricultural methods, and climate change.
Interestingly, in 23 of the 192 countries on which the report focused
more than 10 percent of deaths can be traced to just two factors, unsafe
drinking water and indoor air pollution because from the burning of
wood, cow dung or coal. The report also highlights the fact that an
estimated 1.8 million deaths could be prevented each year in the 53
nations spanning the greater European Union if more efforts were made to
create a healthier environment in that part of the world as well.

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/06/study_says_13_m.php

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