Life expectancy at birth, female (years) ( 1 ) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, ( 2 ) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, ( 3 ) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, ( 4 ) United Nations Statistical Division.
Effect on human health: The land when contaminated with toxic chemicals and pesticides lead to problem of skin cancer and human respiratory system. The toxic chemicals can reach our body through foods and vegetables that we eat as they are grown in polluted soil.
Growingpopulations, rising standards of living, and increased urbanization. leads to a escalating volume of waste. Huge volumes of waste are collected in dumps, creating a major. environmental issue. Wastewater treatment plants generate noxious gasses that are released in. the environment.