Wednesday, October 24, 2012



“Nearly half of cancers diagnosed in the [United Kingdom] each year​—over 130,000 in total—​are caused by avoidable life choices including smoking, drinking and eating the wrong things.”​—BBC NEWS, BRITAIN.




“An immense, increasingly sophisticated illegal trade in wildlife parts conducted by organized crime [is] decimating the world’s most beloved species . . . on a scale never before seen.”​—WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY, U.S.A.









People who on average spend six hours each day watching TV can expect to live 4.8 years less than those who watch no TV. Put another way, every hour of TV reduces a sedentary adult’s life expectancy by about 22 minutes.​—BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE, BRITAIN.







In Germany, over 90 percent of women whose unborn child is diagnosed with Down syndrome opt for an abortion.​—DER TAGESSPIEGEL, GERMANY.

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