| is enormous talk about there being an | | | | or the planet they live on. Instead we are leaving |
| environmental problem. Is it effecting you or your | | | | them a huge environmental problem full of health |
| children? Will it effect your children and grand | | | | risks. |
| children? You be the judge. The jury say there | | | | Fact: A carrot grown in 2002 has about a seventh |
| sure is. | | | | of the beta-carotene as a carrot grown in 1950? |
| The U.S. Census Bureau states that the world | | | | Some of the biggest threats to our future stems |
| population is expanding at an alarming rate. In | | | | from the home and our family. From the |
| 1800 the world population was estimated at one | | | | dangerous chemicals used when cleaning your |
| billion people and two billion by the year 1922. In | | | | house to what you put in your trash bag. |
| the year 2000 population was at six billion | | | | Fact: House hold batteries can leak dangerous |
| worldwide. Researcher are estimating that this will | | | | chemicals over time and should not be sent to |
| grow by one half time to nine billion in the year | | | | landfills. |
| 2050. | | | | What happens to those Household chemicals that |
| Now what do those numbers mean to our | | | | you pour down the drain or out behind the house. |
| environment? | | | | They can pollute the ground water that will |
| Simply put that in 2050 we will have 25% less | | | | eventually make it to aquifers and turn into tap |
| natural resources per capita than people had in | | | | water. This can also contaminate the soil in which |
| 1950. So with the growth of population our fixed | | | | our food is grown. Many of these chemical can |
| amount of natural resources will have to be | | | | not be removed from drinking water or from |
| stretched further. What will that growth do to our | | | | crops harvested in contaminated fields. Ever |
| greenhouse gas emissions? So if we keep living as | | | | wonder where your waters been or what was in |
| we are, changing nothing, what kind of world are | | | | the field that potato was grown in. |
| our children and grand children going to live in? | | | | Fact: Indoor air is more polluted than outdoor air. |
| We want our children to have a better lifestyle, | | | | So, what can you do to help solve the |
| or at least comparable to ours. We save to | | | | environmental problem we all face. You can |
| further their education, their weddings and yes | | | | Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. I know you have |
| sometimes even what they will inherit. What we | | | | heard it for years, but its time to take it seriously. |
| are not saving for them are the most important | | | | Be aware of what you do. One person can make |
| things, clean air,water, land, and an abundance of | | | | a difference. |
| natural resources. We are not saving their health | | | | |