Arctic Warning “ Up to 80 per cent of the planet’s delicate Arctic region will be seriously damaged by the middle of this century if industrial development there does not slow down, ” states The Globe and Mail newspaper of Canada. A report by the UN Environment Programme comments on the cumulative effects of human development on the entire Arctic region. According to the report, if industrial development continues at the same rate as occurred from 1940 to 1990, the results will be devastating. It is said that the damage has the potential of spreading to other regions too, since many Arctic animals are migratory. “ Already, ” says the paper, “between 10 per cent and 15 per cent of the world’s Arctic region is [adversely] affected by industrial development. ” Rising Childhood Obesity “ The number of overweight toddlers has nearly doubled in the past decade, ” says The Times of London, commenting on a recent survey published in the British Medical Journal. “ More than one in five children under the age of four is overweight and nearly one in ten is classified as obese. ”
ჟურნალში ნათქვამია, რომ მდგომარეობის ასეთ გაუარესებას შეიძლება მთელი რიგი ფაქტორები იწვევდეს; ბავშვებმაც კი შეიძლება შეუწყონ ამას ხელი, როდესაც „ხედავენ მშობლებს, რომლებიც კადრების შემცირების გამო სამსახურიდან დათხოვნის შემთხვევაშიც კი თავიანთი დამსაქმებლების ერთგული რჩებიან“.