1_The Leading Cause of Death

Problem
1. The major cause of death found worldwide is known as pollution
  1. The World Health Organization considers pollution as a risk factor- a threat to human health
    1. acts as a catalyst it increases the rates of theses disease above normal
    2. it causes heart disease, chest infections, cancers, respiratory diseases or diarrhea
    3. kills one for every seven that die. It causes more death and disease than malaria, AIDs and tuberculosis combined
    4. there is an uncertain range of chemicals that may be causing serious disease especially in children
  2. It has killed 8.9 million out of 9 million people who died in 2012 according to the World Health Organization
  3. It has killed 8.9 million out of 9 million people who died in 2012 according to the World Health Organization
    1. Of the 8.9 million people killed 8.4 million resided in low- and middle- income countries
      1. 1 million from chemicals and contaminated soil and Water
      2. 3.7 milllion deaths caused from contaminated outdor air
      3. 4.2 million deaths caused by particulates exposure in indoor air from cooking stoves
      4. 840,000 succumbed to poor sanitation according to the Global Alliance fro Health and Pollution
Solutions
1. Spread the message about pollution's effect on people's health and the world
  1. When
2. invest in technologies that are more profitable, and are inherently cleaner
3. change the type of diesel fuel/oil that vehicles are allowed to burn
4. Introduce a new cook stove to a needy community
5. Design and build a treatment plan
6. focus on the most important problems first
7. Spend more money on solutions rather than studies and clean-up missions. If we pay attention more to clean up than the pollutant will keep coming so you have to stop the problem from its roots.
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