For your Video of the Week, I decided to go with an Earth-day theme. This video has some ideas about what you can do today to help the planet. Here are some facts to get you inspired!
Source: livescience.com
- toxic pollution affects 200 million people all over the world
- babies born in highly polluted places can have lasting defects, or have lost 30 to 40 IQ points
- in 2010, Americans produced 250 million tons of trash- that is 4.3 lbs of trash per day!
- only about 34% of our products our recycled
- 783 million people don't have access to clean water
- air pollution kills more than 2 million people a year
- light pollution is so bright in some places that you can't see many stars in the night sky anymore
Source: livescience.com