I tackle the question, "What is Pollution and How Does it Benefit the Environment and Our Own Health?"

1. WHAT IS POLLUTION AND HOW
DOES IT BENEFIT THE
ENVIRONMENT AND OUR OWN
HEALTH?
By: Caleb Dunn

2. ● 90% of the world’s children breaths toxic air every day
● 7.25 billion kg of plastic ends up in the ocean every single year
● Over 1 million seabirds and 100,000 sea mammals are killed by
pollution every year
● Every calendar year, 1.2 trillion gallons of industrial waste and
untreated sewage is dumped into just US water alone
● Recycling alone prevented 85 millions tons of material waste in
2010
Pollution by the Facts

3. Chemical Pollution Air Pollution Plastic Pollution
There Are 3 Different Types of Pollution

4. ● Chemical pollution happens because it exists
in the food we eat, the products we use, and
the air we breathe
● Laws are becoming stricter and stricter for
food in order to help with pesticides and
other harmful chemicals
● There is also more and more information
that continues to get released that is helpful
in understanding the hazardous chemicals
around us
Chemical Pollution

5. ● Gasoline powered cars admit hazardous
chemicals into the environment
● Power plants and factories also admit
hazardous chemicals that damage our
lungs
● 4.2 million people die every year from
hazardous outdoor air pollution
Air Pollution

6. ● Recycling plastics genuinely helps
drastically in eliminating plastic waste
dumped in the ocean
● For businesses, it is far cheaper to use
recyclable materials than newly made
plastics
● One million plastic water bottles are
purchased every five minutes globally
● Half of all plastic that is produced is
designed to be used only once and then
thrown away
Plastic Pollution

7. • Altogether reducing plastic, air, and
chemical pollution imposes huge health
benefits, helps natural wildlife, and keeps
people alive and healthy
• There are tons of organizations like WHO
and ClientEarth that are worth checking out
and donating to in order to help with
worldwide pollution
• It is our job to do little things like recycle, be
informed, and look for ways to improve the
environment in eliminating pollution
The Verdict

8. https://www.clientearth.org/what-we-do/priorities/plastics/
https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-pollution
https://www.unep.org/interactive/beat-plastic-pollution/
https://www.who.int/health-topics/air-pollution#tab=tab_1
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