Each minute

• At least 51 acres of tropical forests are destroyed.

• We consume almost 35,000 barrels of oil.

• 50 tons of fertile soil are washed or blown off cropland.

• We add 12,000 tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.

Each Hour

• 1,692 acres of productive dry land become desert.

• 1,800 children die of malnutrition and hunger (that makes a total of 15 million each year).

• 120 million dollars are spent for military expenditures (making a total of one trillion each year).

• 55 people are poisoned by the pesticides they use; 5 die.

• 60 new cases of cancer are diagnosed in the United States alone (that makes a total of 500,000 each year with 20,000 leading to death).

Each Day

• Over 230,000 babies are born.

• 25,000 people die of water shortage or contamination.

• 10 tons of nuclear waste are being generated by the 350 existing nuclear plants.

• 250,000 tons of sulfuric acid fall as acid rain in the Northern Hemisphere.

• 60 tons of plastic packaging and 372 tons of fishing net are dumped into the sea by commercial fishermen.

• Almost 5 species of life become extinct.

http://www.truthbeknown.com/earthstatistics.htm