▲Fortunately, some nations are taking measures to diminish the pollution that humans are releasing into the world. The data on the effects of pollution is concerning, to say the least, and various organizations are attempting to find a solution to this very real and terrifying problem. Click on the gallery to discover some incredibly worrisome facts about pollution.

▲According to an article published in the Washington Post, the size of the polar bear's penis is currently shrinking as a consequence of pollution.

▲According to The New York Times, New Delhi was the most polluted city in the world in 2014.

▲According to The New York Times, 90% of Chinese city water is polluted.

▲Fish that swim in polluted lakes lose their sense of smell.

▲According to an article published in the Daily Mail in 2015, breathing the air in Beijing is the equivalent of smoking 40 cigarettes a day.

▲According to Indiatimes, breathing the air in Mumbai is the equivalent of smoking 100 cigarettes.

▲According to The New York Times, China's pollution leads to increased snowfall in California.

▲According to Water.org, contaminated water kills children at the same rate as a large plane full of passengers crashing every four hours.

▲According to NASA, the replacement of fossil fuels with nuclear power prevented 1.8 million deaths between 1971 and 2009.

▲According to the World Resource Institute, approximately 300 million Chinese citizens drink contaminated water.

▲The Great Smog of London in 1952, killed between 4,000 and 12,000 people within days due to the air pollution.

▲According to Mashable, in 2014, the five most polluted American cities were located in California.

▲According to an article published in the Washington Post, more than a third of California's pollution comes from China.

▲According to Mashable, in 2014, 4 out of every 10 Americans are breathing polluted air.

▲According to Recycle Across America, Americans throw away 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour.

▲According to the Daily Mail, a third of all fish that swim in British rivers undergo sex changes because of pollution from the female contraceptive pill contaminating the water.

▲According to the American Cancer Society, polluted air can cause lung cancer and is also linked to bladder cancer.

▲Lake Karachai, in Russia, is the most radioactive and polluted lake in the world.

▲According to Reuters, a 2016 study showed that there are around 16,000 premature babies born every year in the United States and pollution is one of the factors.

▲According to an article published in the online edition of CNN, pollution is responsible for the death of 1.7 million children a year.

▲According to The Guardian, some scientists use tampons to measure the level of pollution in river water.

▲According to an article published in Newsweek in 2014, 1 in every 8 deaths around the world are related to pollution.

▲According to an article published in National Geographic in 2015, every year there are 8 million tons of plastic thrown into the oceans.

▲According to The Guardian, when we account for the pollution costs associated with our energy sources, gasoline goes up in cost.

▲In the beginning of the 20th century, horse feces were seen as a major source of pollution, making cars seem like an environmentally friendly solution.

▲According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, pollution kills approximately one million marine birds and 100 million mammals every year.

▲According to the site, SEE Turtles, thousands of marine animals die every year because they confuse plastic bags with jellyfish and swallow them.

▲According to Mashable, humans generated around 49 million tons of electronic waste in 2012.

▲The Taj Mahal is turning yellow because of high levels of air pollution.

Terrifying facts about pollution from around the world

Pollution is a global catastrophe.

17/11/17 por StarsInsider

TRAVEL Pollution

For many years, pollution has been one of the greatest concerns threatening the planet. The consequences can be seen by all, however, there are many facts that many people still do not know about the issue.

Click on the gallery to learn some surprising and scary facts about how pollution is affecting both humanity and the planet.