Friday, April 30, 2010

Today, we continued to watch planet in peril

there are about 3000 kraho indians in the amazon

the amazon basin holds at least 20% of the world's water

70% of plants that help treat cancer are found in the amazon

kids who lived by the ship canal had a 56% higher chance of getting lukemia

90% of people who lived in that area were hispanic

there is no law stating how many toxins someone can release into the air

people are working to have a law passed in texas to reduce the amount of pollution

none of what's happening is ocurring in a vacuum

by 2050 there will be 50% more people on earth

a minimum of 20% of emmisons is coming from destroying tropical rainforests

environmental racism

when the video was over we went over the europe map

E-mail me when people leave their comments –

You need to be a member of History 360 to add comments!

Join History 360

eXTReMe Tracker