Breathing the air in Beijing poses health risks equivalent to smoking 21 cigarettes daily, while 14 billion pounds of plastic waste are dumped into the ocean each year. Americans, though only 5% of the global population, contribute to 30% of the world's waste and 25% of its resources. Pollution endangers wildlife, with an estimated one million birds and 100,000 marine mammals dying annually due to plastic ingestion, highlighting the urgent need for environmental protection.

1. ENVIRONMENT
PROTECTION

3. BREATHING THE AIR OF BEIJING HAS THE
SAME HEALTH RISKS AS SMOKING 21
CIGARETTES A DAY

5. 14 BILLION POUNDS (6B KG.) OF GARBAGE ARE DUMPED INTO THE OCEAN
EVERY YEAR. MOST OF IT IS PLASTIC. AMERICANS MAKE UP 5% OF THE
WORLD'S POPULATION, AND YET, PRODUCE 30% OF THE WORLD'S WASTE
AND USE 25% OF THE WORLD'S RESOURCES.

7. AROUND THE WORLD, AN ESTIMATED ONE MILLION BIRDS AND 100,000
MARINE MAMMALS AND SEA TURTLES DIE EACH YEAR WHEN THEY
BECOME TRAPPED IN PLASTIC OR EAT IT, PERHAPS MISTAKING IT FOR A
TASTY TREAT. IT IS ONE OF BIGGEST THREATS TO ALL WHALES AND
DOLPHINS OCCURRING THROUGHOUT THE WORLD'S OCEANS.

9. LAKE KARACHAY IN RUSSIA IS THE MOST RADIOACTIVE AND POLLUTED
LAKE IN THE WORLD

11. WE SHOULD STOP POLLUTION BECAUSE IT IS
BAD FOR US AND FOR ENVIRONMENT