10 everyday things that bring global environmental disaster
Environmental scientists are sounding the alarm — the planet Earth is under threat. Because of human influence, the rate of extinction of various species of flora and fauna in 1000 times higher than normal. As a result, under the threat of extinction is now about 20 thousand species. And the worst thing is that catastrophe brings each of us, without knowing it.
The use of disposable chopsticks
1. Chopsticks — a threat to forests
In China annually produces 80 billion disposable chopsticks, with the vast majority being used and thrown away in China. Their production is 20 million trees, usually twenty trees. As a result, China is now suffering from serious problems of deforestation. Currently, this country is on the 139-th place in the world in terms of forest cover per capita.
Birth control affects on the oceans
2. Contraceptives and oceans
Hormones that are not absorbed by the body, but end up in the sewer system. In areas where sewage water is discharged into lakes and rivers, on average, 85% of fish — the female of the species, which is a stark contrast with the usual 55%.
Effect of prozac on birds
3. Prozac — death for birds
Scientists have measured the amount of prozac in earthworms that get this drug from waste water. The dose was small, only 3 to 5 percent of the average human dose. Then they fed the worms with the contents of prozac a control group of 24 starlings and observed their behavior for the next six months.
Birds have revealed the same side effect as some people: they lost interest in food and stopped eating. The birds lost interest in the opposite sex.
The use of straws for drinking
4. Straw to drink — the death of the ocean
Over the past 25 years about six million straws for drinks have been collected on beaches throughout the country. In the oceans the same straws are one of the 10 most common types of junk. Straws are made from polypropylene plastic which does not break up or dissolve. Millions of straws are a huge part of those 12-24 tonnes of plastic, which swallows fish and other marine animals every year. About one million sea birds die every year after eating plastic.Eating frogs
5. Delicacy as a incentive for dangerous strains
Japan and the United States, the two largest importer of frogs (only the US imports more than 5 million frogs each year). Many of the frogs being shipped from South America, chytridium infected mushrooms. This fungus is harmless to humans, but it is constantly mutating, and new strains can already be deadly.
The use of antibacterial soap
6. Antibacterial soap is a threat to the environment
Although these substances are removed from sewage during the treatment process they then fall into the ground and ultimately into surface waters. During the collapse of triclocarban released carcinogens, and the decay triclosan produces chloroform. These chemicals end up in plants, animals and in the human body.
Cats
7. Cat toilet as a global danger
Ribapharm
8. Rubotherm — causes of environmental disasters
Fish farming on farms leads to real environmental disasters. The shrimp farming in artificial conditions led to widespread soil degradation of coastal areas, destruction of natural water bodies and salination of fresh drinking water.
In fisheries for breeding salmon fish feed on the slaughter that always leads to a huge number of fish droppings in the water. Also on ribiero use a variety of chemical substances which harm the ecosystem as a whole.
Food soy
9. Soy products have always been advertised as a healthier and more environmentally friendly alternative to dairy milk. Unfortunately, recent studies have shown that the impact on the environment in the production of soybean is quite destructive.
Food waste
10. Food waste as a global problem
Thus, the dump is sent 750 billion dollars a year, and when this is applied tremendous harm to the environment. In the manufacture of food products each year produces 3.3 billion tons of greenhouse gases and spent 3 times more water than for a year produces such a river as the Volga.
About 28 percent of all agricultural land is actually used for the production of future food waste. However, about 870 million people are starving.
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