Report Cites Declining Environment as Major Killer
AAP NewsfeedMay 2, 1998Nationwide General NewsOverseas Newsby Vicki Allen

According to a report by the United Nations, World Resources Institute, and World Bank, diseases caused by environmental degradation kill one in five children before age five in sub-Sahara Africa and parts of Asia. Many of the pollutants weaken the immune system and make people more vulnerable to bacteria and viruses.
According to Director for Environment, Robert Watson, of the World Bank, the report shows that human health effects of global warming were already occurring with increases in death from vector and water-borne diseases, Worldwide, almost one-fourth of all diseases are linked to environmental factors of poor water and sanitation, indoor air pollution and outdoor air pollution, as well as deaths from severe storms, flooding, heat waves, and other weather problems, vector and water-borne diseases, Vector-borne diseases are spread by insects and rodents.
Malaria, diarrhea, cholera, pesticide poisoning, and respiratory infections from air pollution contributed to 11 million childhood deaths a year, the report said.
This tells us about the many harmful effects on pollution. We may think that it might only happen in the future, hence will not effect us, but we should think about our descendants. They will suffer because of our "evil" doings, or in simpler words, our "sins".