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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

The poisoning of the world's land, air, and water is the fastest -

spreading disease of civilization.

Overpopulation, pollution and energy consumption have created such planet

wide problems as massive deforestation, ozone depletion, acid rains and the

global warming that is believed to be caused by the greenhouse effect.

The seas are in danger. They are filled with poison: industrial and

nuclear waste, chemical fertilizers and pesticides. The Mediterranean is

already nearly dead; the North Sea is following. The Aral Sea is on the

brink of extinction. If nothing is done about it, one day nothing will be

able to live in the seas.

Every ten minutes one kind of animal, plant or insect dies out for ever.

If nothing is done about it, one million species that are alive today will

have become extinct twenty years from now.

Air pollution is а very serious problem. In Cairo just breathing the air

is life threatening — equivalent to smoking two packs of cigarettes а day.

The same holds true for Mexico City and 600 cities of the former Soviet

Union.

Industrial enterprises emit tons of harmful substances. These emissions

have disastrous consequences for our planet. They are the main reason for

the greenhouse effect and acid rains.

An even greater environmental threat are nuclear power stations. We all

know how tragic the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster are.

People are beginning to realize that environmental problems are not

somebody else's. They join and support various international organizations

and green parties. If governments wake up to what is happening — perhaps

we'll be able to avoid the disaster that threatens the natural world and

all of us with it.