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Your support makes all the difference.Applications to emit ozone-depleting substances by industry in England and Wales: 3,000
Plant species deleted from the endangered list: 3
To be added to the endangered list: 74
Legionnaire's Disease cases reported in England and Wales in 1990: 111
Surplus places in British schools: 1,780,000
Representations received by the Government about its White Paper on British Rail: 0
Amount paid by the Government directly to voluntary organisations annually per
Briton: pounds 8.28
Tyne & Wear Development Corporation's average cost of creating a permanent job: pounds 8,554
Unit concentration of ammonia in British rain in 1988: 24.3
In 1991: 29.4
Percentage of Americans who have never read a book since leaving school: 60
Barrels of oil consumed daily in the US in 1991: 17,000,000
In 2010 (projected): 22,000,000
Percentage of US women owning electric shavers: 45
Sources: Dept of Environment; ibid; ibid; Dept of Health; Dept of Education; Dept of Transport; Prime Minister; RM / Dept of the Environment; Dept of the Environment; ibid; In Context / The Washington Spectator; In Context / Union of Concerned Scientists; ibid; Euromonitor /Consumer USA 1992
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