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Shocking facts on Pollution

14 billion pounds (6B Kg.) of garbage are dumped into the ocean every year. Most of it is plastic

Thousands of marine creatures die by mistakenly swallowing plastic bags that resemble jellyfish

Americans throw away 2.5 million plastic bottles per hour. Each one takes 500 years to decompose

For every 1 million tons of oil shipped, about 1 ton is spilled

Pollution kills more than 1 million seabirds and 100 million mammals every year

Fish in polluted lakes lose their sense of smell

The groundwater of 90% of Chinese cities is polluted

Nearly 700 million Chinese people drink contaminated water

A child dies every 8 seconds from contaminated water

3.4 million people die each year from water-related causes





1 in every 8 deaths on earth are linked to air pollution, a study says

Air pollution causes lung cancer and is also linked to an increased risk for bladder cancer

Breathing the air of Beijing has the same health risks as smoking 21 cigarettes a day

Breathing the air in Mumbai, India, for just one day is equivalent to smoking 100 cigarettes

While Beijing's pollution problem is more famous, the world's most polluted city is New Delhi, India

The Taj Mahal's white marble exterior is gradually turning yellow due to high levels of air pollution