Eight Daily Global Problems

eight daily global problems we can't afford to overlook Today... 8,000,000 items of marine litter will enter the oceans 240 square miles of rainforest will be cut down 25,000 people will die of hunger or hunger related diseases 79,452,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide will be produced 129,600,000 plastic bottles will end up in landfill or oceans 82,400,000 barrels of fossil fuel oil will be used 274 animals will be illegally poached 9,315 people will die from a water related disease it's our responsibility to reduce these figures Brought to you by SeptimusFossett Twitter: @SeptimusFossett Fact Sources Marine Litter & Plastic Bottles to Landfil/Oceans www.safebottles conz/News/Plastics-and-the+Environment html Rainforest cut down: www.uk.ask.com/question/how-much-rainforest-is-cut-down-in-a-day Deaths from hunger related diseases www.poverty.com Daily Carbon Dioxide production: www.wiki answers.com/0/How.much.carbondioxide.do_we.produce.in.a.day Ol barrels used www.worldwatch.org/global-fossil-fuel-consumption-surges Animal poaching www.wiki answers.com/O/How_many animals are poached a.day Deaths from water related diseases: www.water org/water-crisis/water-facts/water/