The exterminators of the Planet
25,000 deaths a day from drinking intoxicated water
1,300,000,000 people
without food
2500 species of extinct
plants and animals
Fertile lands that
became arid
Tropical forests
destroyed
United Nations
5 years later
ECO-92
Low incidence of cancer
Large uncontaminated
spaces
Lower wages
Comparative advantages
Migration of dirty industries and toxic waste to less developed countries
World Bank
Fastest climatic changes in the last 10,000 years
Water poisoning
Air pollution
Ruin of the earth
It takes 10 planets like this so that poor countries could consume as much as the rich do.
World Environment
Commission 1987
Nuclear energy
Petroleum
Biotechnology
Weapons
Steel
Aluminum
Automobiles
Your interests first
If we are all responsible
then no one is
Companies that pollute most,
earn the most
Richer countries
pollute more
International agreements to preserve
the environment not complied with
False statistics
The exterminators of the Planet
Lowrence Summers
Economist 1991
Critical world situation
Biodiversity convention
Government
