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Over 100
pesticide
ingredients are
suspected to
cause birth
defects, cancer,
and gene
mutations.
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Every ton of
recycled office
paper saves 380
gallons of oil.
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Energy saved
from one
recycled
aluminum can,
will operate a
TV set for 3
hours, and is
equal to half a
can of gasoline.
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Glass produced
from recycled
glass instead of
raw materials
reduces related
air pollution by
20%, and water
pollution by
50%.
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Homeowners use
up to 10 times
more toxic
chemicals per
acre than
farmers.
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By turning down
your central
heating
thermostat one
degree, fuel
consumption is
cut by as much
as 10%.
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One ton of
carbon dioxide
released into
the air can be
avoided by
replacing a 75
watt light bulb
with an energy
efficient bulb.
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Everyday 50-100
species of
plants and
animals become
extinct as their
habitats are
destroyed by
human influence.
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The Earth has
been around for
4.6 billion
years. Scaling
this time down
to 46 years we
have been around
for 4 hours and
our Industrial
Revolution began
just 1 minute
ago. During this
short time
period we have
ransacked the
planet for ways
to get fuels and
raw materials,
have been the
cause of
extinction of an
unthinkable
amount of plants
and animals, and
have multiplied
our population
to that of a
plague.
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Already over
half of the
world's tropical
forests have
been lost.
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Every year
approximately
four billion
tons of carbon
accumulates in
the air each
year, about 30%
of this comes
directly from
the continued
burning of the
rainforests.
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The Grasslands
cover one-fifth
of the land on
Earth.