How Much of Worldwide Disease Is Preventable?About one-fourth of all instances of disease are preventable and caused by environmental factors that could be changed, health experts say. Children are even more affected by diseases caused by environmental factors, with about one-third of all instances of disease being preventable in children younger than 5 years old.
It is estimated that about 13 million lives could be saved every year if precautions were taken to better manage environments. The main preventable worldwide diseases are diarrhea, malaria, lower respiratory infections and accidental injuries. These could be reduced by improved hygiene with water storage and handling of toxic substances, cleaner fuel usage and improved building safety.
More about preventable diseases:The leading factors of diseases in the US are poor diet, lack of exercise, tobacco use and excessive alcohol consumption.
More than 90% of diarrhea-related conditions could be prevented by improving unsafe water supplies.
Nearly 3 million deaths each year are from cardiovascular diseases, which can be prevented in certain cases. This is nearly twice the amount of deaths from cancer.
Agelbert comment (I am Gelbert46 on WiseGeek):
The article is incorrect. Nearly 7 million people die each year of cancer. One in 10 humans were expected to get cancer in the 1950s. Thanks to nuclear power plant and atomic explosion Cesium-137 deposition throughout the globe, one in THREE people will get cancer.
The corrected sentence in the article, if the WHO (world Health Organization) wasn't prevented from telling the truth about radionuclide caused cancers by the IAEA, would be this:
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http://www.wisegeek.com/how-much-of-worldwide-disease-is-preventable.htm#discussionsAnd about that "background radiation" that we are all supposed to have "evolved" to live under...Most “Background Radiation” Didn’t Exist Before Nuclear Weapons Testing and Nuclear Reactors
Nuke pukes claim that we get a higher exposure from background radiation (when we fly, for example) or x-rays then we get from nuclear accidents.
News flash! There was exactly zero background radioactive cesium or iodine before above-ground nuclear testing and nuclear accidents started.Cesium-137 is unique in that it is totally anthropogenic. Unlike most other radioisotopes, cesium-137 is not produced from its non-radioactive isotope, but from uranium. It did not occur in nature before nuclear weapons testing began.
Fukushima has spewed much more radioactive cesium and iodine than Chernobyl. The amount of radioactive cesium released by Fukushima was some 20-30 times higher than initially admitted. And the cesium levels hitting the west coast of North America will keep increasing for several years. Fukushima is spewing more and more radiation into the environment, and the amount of radioactive fuel at Fukushima dwarfs Chernobyl.
As such, the concept of “background radiation” is largely Nuke Puke disinformation Bull****.
Most of the radiation we encounter today,
especially the most dangerous types, did not even exist in nature before we started tinkering with nuclear weapons and reactors.
We have been lied to big time. Pass it on.
We all know that radionuclides cause genetic mutations and severe birth defects.
But most people are unaware of the fact that, due to the UBIQUITY of Cesium-137 in our environment, MOST of the cancers today and much of the cardiovascular disease as well as ANY soft tissue muscle related diseases are also caused by radionuclides that destroy both smooth and striated muscles. That means, the heart, the blood vessels, the intestines, the stomach lining, the lungs and every muscle in your body.
Cesium-137 goes EVERYWERE because your body thinks it is Potassium. Lodged in the heart muscle it begins to atrophy it. It happens more or less according to muscle mass location and activity. A doctor in Russia in the 1990s discovered Cesium-137 caused heart abnormalities in small animals, then in human children. He was put in prison for publishing his study.
Neither the government of Russia or out Government CARES what radionuclides are doing to most humans. We have to
MAKE THEM CLOSE THE NCLEAR POWER PLANTS by letting everyone know what is really happening out there. And if you think the elite aren't making sure THEIR food isn't contaminated, you are kidding yourself!
We have to kill nuclear power or it will kill us. As it is many of us are already doomed because we have been exposed to too much Cesium-137 in our food or because we have lived too near a nuclear power plant.
Pass it on.