Toxic environmental pollution affects more than 200 million people worldwide, according to pure earth's non-profit environmental organization. In some of the world's worst polluted places, babies are born with birth defects, children have lost 30 to 40 points, and life expectancy may be as low as 45 years because of cancers and other diseases. Let us discuss the different types of pollution, their causes and effects on mankind and the environment as a whole.