Saturday, 12 March 2022

Sacrificing Health For Profits?

UN Expert, David Boyd, notes than one in six human deaths in the world can be linked to pollution. This is three times more than the combined mortalities produced by AIDS, Malaria and tuberculosis (TB). Pollution-induced deaths are also currently 15 times those resulting from all wars, murders and 'other forms of violence' (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/10/millions-suffering-in-deadly-pollution-sacrifice-zones-warns-un-expert). Boyd opines that our planet has 'sacrifice zones', where the 'right' to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment' doesn't apply. Every area of the globe has such zones. They are not simply limited to poor countries. Who is being sacrificed and by whom?
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