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The Environment: People Pollution

The Environment: People Pollution JAMA Revisited May4,1970 Population increase is simply the excess of births over deaths. It took 1,600 years to double the world population from 250 million, as it stood in the first century AD. Around the year 1850, we reached 1 billion. In the 1930s, we had reached the Meeting basic food and shelter needs of a growing popula- 2-billion mark. Today, the more than 3.5 billion on earth is es- tion and catering to the insatiable consumer demands of people timated to double in 35 years. profoundly influences the quality of our environment. Congress, in July 1969, received the first population mes- President Nixon observed that many of our present social prob- sage ever issued by a US President. Bills are currently pending lems may be related to the fact that we have had only in the Congress to create a Commission on Population Growth. 50 years in which to accommodate the second 100 million The Commission would study (1) the probable course of US Americans. To provide for the increasing needs and demands population growth, internal migration, and related demograph- of people, we are polluting our air, soil, and water. Un- ic developments between now and the year http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

The Environment: People Pollution

JAMA , Volume 323 (17) – May 5, 2020
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The Environment: People Pollution

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JAMA Revisited May4,1970 Population increase is simply the excess of births over deaths. It took 1,600 years to double the world population from 250 million, as it stood in the first century AD. Around the year 1850, we reached 1 billion. In the 1930s, we had reached the Meeting basic food and shelter needs of a growing popula- 2-billion mark. Today, the more than 3.5 billion on earth is es- tion and catering to the insatiable consumer demands of people timated to double in 35 years....
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0098-7484
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10.1001/jama.2020.3300
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JAMA Revisited May4,1970 Population increase is simply the excess of births over deaths. It took 1,600 years to double the world population from 250 million, as it stood in the first century AD. Around the year 1850, we reached 1 billion. In the 1930s, we had reached the Meeting basic food and shelter needs of a growing popula- 2-billion mark. Today, the more than 3.5 billion on earth is es- tion and catering to the insatiable consumer demands of people timated to double in 35 years. profoundly influences the quality of our environment. Congress, in July 1969, received the first population mes- President Nixon observed that many of our present social prob- sage ever issued by a US President. Bills are currently pending lems may be related to the fact that we have had only in the Congress to create a Commission on Population Growth. 50 years in which to accommodate the second 100 million The Commission would study (1) the probable course of US Americans. To provide for the increasing needs and demands population growth, internal migration, and related demograph- of people, we are polluting our air, soil, and water. Un- ic developments between now and the year

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