Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change. Pollution can take the form
of chemical substances or even energy, such as noise, heat or light. An October 2017 study by the Lancet Commission on Pollution
and Health found that global pollution, specifically toxic air, water, soils and workplaces, kills nine million people annually, which
is triple the number of deaths caused by AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined, and 15 times higher than deaths caused by wars
and other forms of human violence. Which one of the scenarios below is LEAST Likely to be a health consequence of pollution?
A)
Cancer is China's leading cause of death.
B)
Diabetes killed 1.6 million people worldwide in 2016, up from less than 1
million in 2000,
Over ten million people in India became ill with waterborne illnesses in
2013, and 1,535 people died, most of them children.
US researchers found that exposure to low lead levels from the late 1980s
to the mid-1990s was linked to a higher risk of cardiovascular disease and
death over the next 20 years.
D)