3. Pollution is when the natural environment is
contaminated in any way.
Startling Facts:
1. Fourteen billion pounds of garbage, mostly plastic, is
dumped into the ocean every year.
2. Over 1 million seabirds are killed by plastic waste per
year.
3. Each person in the U.S. produces about 2 kg of
garbage a day
4. The average office employee throws away 150kg of
recyclable paper each year
4. Pollution in China altars the weather in the United States. It takes just
five days for the jet stream to carry heavy air pollution from China to
the U.S. Once in the atmosphere over the U.S., the pollution stops
clouds from producing rain and snow—i.e., more pollution equals less
precipitation
WILL POLLUTION IN ANOTHER PLACE
AFFECT ME?
Yes.
