Globalization: Are You In or Are You Out?

The effects of global trade measured in deaths

Researchers found that in 2007 alone, about 762,400 people around the world died prematurely because they were exposed to pollution emitted to make goods used somewhere else. By outsourcing jobs to other countries with fewer regulations and more pollution, US workers have avoided a lot of premature deaths. About 102,000 premature deaths of citizens in other countries were the result of pollutants emmitted during the production og goods and services used in the US. The US ranks second on this list, Western Europe ranks number 1.  http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-pollution-trade-deaths-20170331-htmlstory.html

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