Some of the more sophisticated pressure groups have partially taken it on board. Friends Of Earth is beginning to examine the links between poverty and pollution. But it remains far from everyday campaigning and political discourse. World Health Organization figures, for example, show that 2.7 million people die as a result of air pollution each year. Ninety percent of them are from developing countries.
Dirty water is even deadlier.
The poorest third of the world s people have no safe water supplies. The poorest half have no sanitation. As with pesticides, as many as 25 million of poor people in developing countries using pesticides without training or protective clothing, often unable to read simple instructions are poisoned each year. Environmental issues mentioned above are just instances that we see or even encounter everyday, but the question is, do we do anything about it. Although, we live in a first world country and we have a better livelihood than other countries, poverty should not be undermined nor ignored because I feel that it is our responsibility to contribute and participate in any endeavor towards solving poverty since, it is the fatal cause of death that is overlooked each year.