ABSTRACT
The currentis the stream of energy which flows out of the soil and into the plants, thenceinto the animals, thence back into the soil in a never ending circuit of life. Evidence of the growing trend toward global interdependence, international commitment, and awareness of the global impact of pollution can be found in the notes generated from the meeting of the Economic Summit in Paris, July 1989. Global representatives from 92 countries concluded their first round of talks on how to reduce and eventually eliminate worldwide use and emissions of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), highly toxic chemicals such as DDT, and dioxins that remain in the environment for years. A contributing factor to the degradation of the world’s environment is overpopulation. In recent decades, population concentrations within different regions of the world have demonstrated a certain dynamism—a trend toward increasingly rapid change.
