Overpopulation: One of the World's Largest Growing Problems

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OVERPOPULATION
Overpopulation is one of the world’s largest growing problems that humans cannot find a proper solution. Overpopulation has been a recent problem to humans. According to the UN, populations have doubled since 1967. Overpopulation is hurting the environment a lot. Humans are adding 220,000 people a day and populations grow one billion every twelve years (Institute of Population Studies). The UN predicts 9 billion people by 2043 and 10 billion by 2083. Even though overpopulation is a large obstacle to tackle, there are ways we can prevent further growth. “Overpopulation remains the leading driver of hunger, desertification, species depletion, and a range of social maladies” (The Huffington Post). Overpopulation is harmful to the world and prevention is not hard but the preventions are not as effective as wanted.
Causes of overpopulation can vary from longer life expectancy to poverty. One of the causes is the longer life expectancy. Medical treatment is becoming more advanced and therefore less people die. According to Conserve Energy Future, families in poverty need more hands to work and to make up for high mortality rate. Lack of family planning is also a huge cause for overpopulation. Poverty also causes a lot of large populations. The causes are pretty easy to prevent by education.
A big root of overpopulation is the increase of longer life expectancy. Medicine has played a huge role in this because of all the treatments and drugs that can save lives. Medical treatment is now at a very high level. Vaccines, hospitals, and medical research facilities are dedicated to find out more about the human body and how people can live longer. The industrial revolution has brought things to the medical world and people kee...

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