“Even the relatively small amount of trans fats are likely to be causing around 7,000 premature deaths from heart disease per year.” YearsHeartAmountDiseaseFatsTransPrematureHeart DiseaseSmall AmountsPremature Death Author:Walter Willett
“We can decide that the presence of cancer-causing substances in our air, water, and food is too expensive. A 2009 study, for example, has found that coal miners in Appalachia costs the region five times more in premature deaths, including from cancer, than it provides to the region in jobs, taxes, and economic benefits. In California, the production and use of hazardous chemicals cost the state $2.6 billion in 2004 alone in lost wages and health-care expenses to treat workers and children with pollution-linked diseases.” ChildrenStatesUseCareJobsFoundLostWaterStudyFiveAirEconomicExampleCostTaxesDiseaseBenefitsTreatsEnvironmentalWorkersIncludingCancerProductionsBillionsHealth CareSubstanceCaliforniaExpensiveRegionsExpensesChemicalsPollutionWagesCoalLinkedPrematureMinersAppalachiaCoal MinersPremature Death Author:Sandra Steingraber
“The scientific understanding of some of these [childhood] diseases is advancing quite rapidly. There's some things like premature birth or nutrition, first day deaths that we need a lot more insights so that we can build the tools to solve those problems.” NeedsFirstsProblemUnderstandingChildhoodBirthDiseaseToolsInsightSolveNutritionAdvancingPremature Author:Bill Gates
“To block the construction of centralized power projects, as not being 'appropriate' or 'sustainable' is to condemn billions of people to continued poverty and disease-and millions to premature death.” PeopleEnergyPovertyMillionsEnvironmentDiseaseProjectsClimate ChangeBillionsBlockAppropriateConstructionPrematurePremature Death Book:Eco-imperialism: Green Power, Black Death Source: Eco-imperialism: Green Power, Black Death
“There is good evidence that last year's European heat wave was influenced by global warming. It resulted in 26,000 premature deaths and cost $13.5bn.” YearsLastsEnergyEnvironmentCostDiseaseEvidenceClimate ChangeWaveBillionsHeatGlobal WarmingLast YearPrematurePremature DeathHeat Wave Author:Tony Blair