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In the past 2O years approximately
1 million species have disappeared from the world's tropical forests.
from1950-1985 over 40% of the central American
rain forests were destroyed to create grazing land for cattle.
the unitedstates imports over 100,000 tons
of beef from central America each year.
it takes 23 gallons of water to produce a pound
of tomatoes. it takes 5,214 gallons of water to produce a pound of beef.
one acre of land can produce 20,000 pounds
of potatoes. one acre of land can produce 165 pounds of beef.
the u.s. cattle Industry produces 158 million
tons of waste per year. Livestock production is the #1 cause of water pollution
In the u.s.
22 million acres of land have become unusable
due to desertification.
85% of the topsoil loss in the u.s. Is the
result of livestock production.
in the u.s. 33% of ALL raw material consumption
is used solely in the production of meat, egg, and dairy products.
It takes 1 pound of grain to make 1 pound of
bread.
it takes 20 pounds of grain to make 1 pound
of beef.
75% of the grain sent to 3rd world nations
goes to livestock production.
the countries with the diets highest in
animal products are also the countries with the
highest rates of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, etc. ....
50 percent of men who eat meat regularly die
of heart disease.... 4 percent of men who eat no animal products die of
heart disease.
80% of USDA chicken inspectors no longer eat
chicken....
if the average commuter passenger load in the
u.s. were increased by lust 1 person per day we would save 33 million gallons
of gas each day.
Americans spend over 1 billion hours stuck
in traffic each year.
30% of u.s. greenhouse gas emissions come from
cars.
air is sold in Mexico city for $1.15 a minute
by sidewalk vendors.
what green peace spends in a year general motors
spends in 4 hours....
3.5 million children under the age of 6 suffer
from lead poisoning.
in Europe 50% of the cars still use leaded
gas.
2 million gallons of motor oil are dumped in
American waterways each year.
over 8 million tons of oil are spilled into
the world's oceans every year.
5 billion gallons of water are flushed each
day in the united states.
sewage treatment facilities in the u.s. discharge
5.9 trillion gallons of sewage waste water into coastal waters
every year.
u.s. tuna fishermen are permitted to kill over
20,000 dolphins every year.
2 million sharks die in drift nets In the north
pacific every year. only 1 in 10 baby chimpanzees survive the trip from
the jungle to the zoo.
1 billion animals are killed each year in experiments.
17 million animals are trapped in the u.s.
each year for fur.
many traps are so painful that animals chew
through their own limbs to escape.
for every fur animal trapped two other animals
(dogs, cats, deer, etc.) are trapped and killed.
in 1987 450,000 minks died on fur farms from
heat exhaustion.
1 ton of recycled paper saves 17 trees, 7,000
gallons of water, & enough energy to heat the average
home for 6 months.
enough wood and paper is thrown away each year
in America to heat 1 billion houses for a year.
six times more jobs are created by recycling
as opposed to landfill operations.
the amount of money spent on trash disposal
in American schools is equal to that spent on new textbooks.
out of every $10 that Americans spend on food,
$1 pays for packaging.
65% of garbage in the u.s. is packaging.
50% of all trash thrown away could be recycled
into new products. 500 new dumps are built each year in the united states.
over 1 billion trees are used to make disposable
diapers every year.
Americans throw away 20 billion disposable
diapers each year.
Americans dump the equivalent of 21 million
shopping bags full of food into landfills every year.
2.6 billion batteries are thrown away each
year by Americans.
over 700,000 tons of hazardous waste is produced
in the u.s. every day. -
Americans throw away 10 million cigarette lighters
every week.
500,000 people die of cigarette related diseases
in the u.s. each year.
pesticides that are banned in the u.s. (such
as ddt) are regularly sold to third world countries.
90% of all food borne pesticides are found
in meat and dairy products.
10% of nursing mothers who were vegetarians
had ddt in their breast milk.
90% of nursing mothers who were meat eaters
had ddt In their breast milk.
in 1945, before widespread pesticide use, u.s.
corn growers lost 3% of their crops to insects. Last year
they lost over 12%.
74 different kinds of pesticides have been
found in drinking water.
over 100 chemical contaminants have been found
in the breast milk of nursing mothers in the u.s. .... of the 34 chemicals
most widely used on lawns, 25% are widely believed to cause birth defects,
genetic mutation, and cancer.
Americans spend 6 billion dollars on their
lawns each year. 25% of u.s. nuclear reactors would not be able to contain
a core breach meltdown.
a 1985 study predicted a 45% chance of core
breach meltdown In the u.s. before 2005.
in 1992, 430,000 people in the world died from
cancers resulting from nuclear testing radiation.
more money is spent in the u.s. on nuclear
weaponry in one year than was spent on housing from 1980-1992.
to date, cleaning up storage facilities for
nuclear debris has cost taxpayers 200 billion dollars.
in 1989 the u.s. military used 200 billion
barrels of oil, enough to keep all American public transit systems running
for 22 years.
1 ton of toxic waste is produced by the u.s.
military every minute.
Source: Moby ; "Every Thing is Wrong" 1995
Millions of children are obliged to work under conditions, which mean refusing
them the right to be children. These works often lead to chronic diseases,
eye injuries, physical or intellectual backwardness and even in numerous
cases to a premature death.
According to estimations, the number of working children is superior to 100
million in only India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. In Africa and South America,
about 20% of the children work. Is it normal that in Brazil more than 200,000
children live on the streets ?
It is estimated that 100 millions of young girls, most of them in Africa,
are the victims of sexual mutilations such as excision and infibulation.
"Earth can provide enough to satisfy everyone's needs but not everyone's
greed"'. (Mahatma Gandhi).
Two worlds are living together on Earth, the rich are getting richer and
richer and the poor who have nothing are the witnesses of waste on their
TV. The inhabitants of poor countries watch the rich and opulent world through
their TV screen.
Decision-makers are themselves hypnotized by the expression of growth measured
in absolute value. The world is in a phase of polarization with a deeper
and deeper gap between the poor and the rich worldwide. Out of the 23,000
billion dollars (representing the world GNP in 1993), 18,000 billion came
from industrial countries as opposed to only 5,000 billion from under-developed
countries. The latter, however, is composed of 80% of the global population.
Currently on the planet, 358 individual billionaires' fortunes are superior
to the accumulated yearly income of 45% of the planet's poorest inhabitants.
In the last thirty years, the share of income of the 20% of the poorest people
in the world went down from 2.3 to 1.4%. At the same time, the share of the
20% of the richest population rose from 70% to 85%.
In the last 30 years, the proportion of people living in countries with a
yearly growth superior to 5% has more than doubled (going from 12% to 27%)
but the proportion of the world population with a negative growth of this
income has more than tripled (going from 5% to 18%).
In Europe and in developed countries, life expectation at birth is about
75 years old. Japan holds the record with 79 years old, followed by Switzerland,
Sweden and Iceland: 78 years old. But do you know the situation in other
countries ?
In Sub-Saharan Africa life expectation drops to 50 years old, the record
is held by Sierra Leone at 39.
In France in 1994, 12.000 suicides were successful! (In comparison: 8,400
people died from road accidents). There is one suicide every ten attempts.
In Western Europe it is estimated that 90,000 suicides were committed during
this same year.
A successful suicide is committed every 5 minutes and a suicide attempt every
30 seconds...
Since 1945, until the end of World War II, there have been one hundred conflicts
which have caused about 21 million deaths (38,000 per single month).
Today, 120 Angolan people, 300 Cambodians and 80 Afghanis people are killed
or injured by antipersonnel mines every month.
The delivery of weapons, made in rich countries and destined to under-developed
countries represented 165 billion dollars between 1986 and 1990.
On television as well as in the newspapers, violence has become second nature.
Children learn how to kill at the youngest age with toys that are given to
them to show them how to do it.
Fanaticism is a success.
In Egypt, Fatwa which is promulgated by Cheikh Omar Adbel Rahman makes armed
robbery, including killing, legal when necessary against the 'Christian unbelievers
and impious state".
In Pakistan, intellectuals, like Salman Rushdi, are sentenced to death.
Even France does not respect the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. A
right to persecute minorities is emerging.
In the Bavarian State in Germany, members of the Church of Scientology are
no longer allowed to have administrative jobs. A declaration of religious
membership has to be signed to become employed by administrations. We are
in the midst of a complete regression, you would think we were back in the
times of Hitler with the hunting of the Jews.
Source: The Raelian Revolution 2002
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