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<br />Muiw CiIY I~ in my WeSlnTI
<br />mnlopolis, induoJi.n~ Los Angdn.
<br />~ devduping world also tw an
<br />insidious lorm of ail polh.lIion un.
<br />known ifl Ihe Wtsl; rural smog.
<br />"Mosl ollhe four millionmnual dlild
<br />de~lhs fWIll rt'Spirnory OOUt'S1 $tml
<br />(rom ch.ildrenliving in poorly Yffililu.
<br />ed hUll whtte luel wood, cow dtm& ur
<br />agtKullllr~W>>It'SMellSt'dlarht'2lina:
<br />mdcoolUng."SJoysGurinderShahi,an
<br />official of lhe Uniled Nuions [)evd.
<br />opmml Propam.
<br />1111he: lhird world, pnlluled air is
<br />J1K>ltl....nm.J1chedhypoU'lIed_ltr.
<br />~ OIlt htllion people bck acctn 10
<br />r- "'ink.i," ......',lhal men "..., a"d",
<br />ulelY sl~ds. UllIl:ef reports lhal
<br />lB m,1I1011 devdt~~-workll:hadrm
<br />ulIJa ~e ~ di<<llul year Irom tV-
<br />lhe.d dise~5 ClOUSed moslly hy im-
<br />pure drinking ",alU. In lhe Wtn.,
<br />dwrhal 001115 Me pracllully tIIl_
<br />known; III ,he devtlopmg world, dl:u-
<br />rhe.l kills fM more people t!un ancer.
<br />MOSI of Mric.l,lhe Indi.:ansubcon.
<br />linen! and Luin Amenu have no
<br />wule-....lla Ire~lrllenl lacilities; 101...
<br />hUm:ln .lnd indumia! sewage il dU~
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<br />I:'-led direcrly inlO die ImJe hoditi
<br />of~tt'!'usedfortklnking.MOIheo;
<br />chw for their I:hi~en water olloWft
<br />qualilY than dlC' proceu tffluenl dis-
<br />charged flllfll Amtlican fxcorin. In
<br />India,rillwNlhtrlmlerlheG:u'gn
<br />S<<ling spirinw pwily ...hik t1.po$ing
<br />lheil bodirs loa wid!- !:Illgt of TOlli-
<br />C.lflll .ux:I p.llhogens. In ChilU, .In
<br />t'llinuled2~ bill>on IOIU of un'illtTed
<br />indunrul poIlUl:Ill1I ...em dirKlly
<br />inlo the ....llt'l'W.lys in 19'11, ...hich
<br />me:llls lhert "'.11 mort to.ic "'aler
<br />poIlulionin IhalOl\CcOUnUylharlin
<br />the ...hole of lhe Wnlern WQIId.
<br />Yet soch probkms do IlOI KftI110
<br />be on the prioril)' lisu 01 Wrslem
<br />mvirorunenWilill. "lrnnCS like Mri.
<br />em sewage are not sa,. BltIt'I, 10 lhey
<br />always falllu the boIlom ollhe agen-
<br />da," SJoyl Oebonh Moorl:, ;j luff
<br />5o:ittttisl u lhe Enyironmftll.11 De-
<br />fense }'wxt.ltld ont ollhe fe... Weu-
<br />ern environmtllulim ....tvoa.li", I lo-
<br />CUli on basic Ihird-....orld rtfonn.
<br />A large 11o:Iioo ",ilhin Ihlt tnyiron-
<br />mtnul tl\OYItTIlenl cono:enltatn on
<br />lhe cOll1p.lrltivtly miROf eo:oIogit;ll
<br />problltTns of developed Rllions in
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<br />Wom~_lhdothn,...co...,"o"
<br />""'lOld_nf01l",8omJ..,.
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<br />African sewage is not
<br />sexy. say scientists, so it rails
<br />to the bottom or the
<br />environmentalisl agenda.
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<br />order to lupport the vie... Ih.ll Wt'SI-
<br />trn m;jtai.l'i~m is [he rOOl 01 III
<br />tcolugic.l1 II1.llevotence. The low
<br />poinlofsul:hlhinking~rexh.td~1
<br />lhe F..auh Summit in Rio de Jlneilo in
<br />1992. Thtre, imliluliun;d environ-
<br />rnemod f;'OUps gOl Iht alltnlion of
<br />Ihe"'otld.ltldiuhtll1solsult,bUI
<br />...h.u mtSSJoll:t did Ihey I:hoose IU
<br />prOl:IJ.im? T1ut global "'.liming is I
<br />honor. The sok envlronmenl.11 .lItl
<br />;n ...hich the Uniled SUles is Ihe
<br />kadin~ m.lldxtor is I:arbon dioxide
<br />mliuion, ...hKh l:ornributeslO Iht
<br />greenhouse efftcl; in viml.ll1y every
<br />OIher ecotoginl Ulq;ory, Americ.a ili
<br />Ihtworld k..der in prOllt'ls.
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<br />To make Rio a f.llhionably nee"'
<br />liye eyent about Wenern guill.nip.
<br />ping ..nd Arntrin.buhing, lhe
<br />prosptCt of gl"b..1 ",..rming was pUI
<br />..hove Iht urgtlllloss o(lives inlht
<br />Ihird "'OIld from .....Iee ..nd ..iT pol-
<br />IUlion. Rio condudrd with WeSleln
<br />luders' J.&rteing 10 devOlt billions
<br />of dollJ.u 10 controlling glo""l
<br />w;;Irming, while nOI !thing .. fin~tr
<br />for the 7.8 m,lIion pOOf child,,'n
<br />who die ul:h yur mainly Irom wh~1
<br />Iheoy drink ..nd breatht.
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<br />E "Ie CHIVI....N IS.... l'SrCHI.
<br />IlriS! on Ihe.I.ll:uhy of
<br />HarY.lId Med'I:J.1 School.
<br />In Iht d.tys of Iht Irm,
<br />Ul:e, he helped found InltrnJ.linn~1
<br />Physici.lns for Ihe Preyenlion 01
<br />Nuclt..r War, which in 198~ "'on
<br />Ihe Nobd Puct Prill'. When nude-
<br />.II ",e"pOllslx-g.ln tubcdism;;llllled,
<br />Chivi~n tn"'rgtd his .l&end:t 10 in-
<br />dude pollulion in Iht Jevdoping
<br />world. lit has "ailed a new pro-
<br />gllm. lht Project on Glob.ll Envi-
<br />ronn,enul Ch~nge .lnd Ht;;lhh. IlId
<br />I~u YUI C'diled I po...trlul bUlljlllt-
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