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VOCs - Indoors
EPA's Total Exposure Assessment Methodology (TEAM) studies found levels of about a dozen common organic pollutants to be 2 to 5 times higher inside homes than
outside.
www.epa.gov/iaq/voc.html
Forests
THE FORESTS ARE OUR EARTHS LUNGS!
They help us breathe by creating oxygen and filtering pollutants from the air, and help stabilize the global climate by absorbing carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas. They soak up rainfall like giant sponges, preventing floods and purifying water that we drink. They provide habitat for 90% of the plant and animal species that live on land, as well as being the homelands for many of the earths last remaining indigenous cultures. They provide valuable resources like wood, rubber and medicinal plants, including plants used to create cancer drugs. Harvesting these resources provides employment for local communities.
ALMOST HALF OF THE WORLDS ORIGINAL FORESTS HAVE BEEN CUT DOWN (APROX. 7.4 BILLION ACRES) AN AVERAGE OF 39.5 MILLION ACRES ARE ADDED TO THIS LOSS COLUMN EACH YEAR! The destruction of forests releases tons of carbon dioxide (the main greenhouse gas and culprit behind global climate change) into the Earths atmosphere.
THE U.S. LEADS THE WAY IN WOOD CONSUMPTION, representing almost one third of the global wood-buying market. According to a report by the World Wildlife Fund, THE WORLDS WOOD NEEDS COULD BE MET BY ONE FIFTH OF THE EARTHS FORESTS IF THESE FORESTS ARE MANAGED CORRECTLY!
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