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The facts are there, but
the numbers have dropped out and crashed to the floor. Maybe you
can pick them up and put them back?
1. Well over one billion people are malnourished including
___________children under five years of age.
2. Between three and a half million and ___________ people are
believed to suffer from acute pesticide poisoning every
year.
3. Only 25 per cent of apples consumed in the UK are grown here,
while in France over _____ of apples are French-grown.
4. The amount of lettuce imported into the UK has doubled in the
last five years. Nearly ______ of lettuces are imported from
Spain.
5. ___________________ of pesticides are applied every year around
the world.
6. ____________________ of pesticide is sprayed on UK crops every
year.
7. Since pesticides were reintroduced in the 1940s to help with the
effects of intensive farming, flowering plants in fields have
become a rare sight. The knock-on effects of killing insects and
seed-bearing weeds has had a devastating effect for birds. In the
last 25 years, ______ of tree sparrows, 73 per cent of song
thrushes and 77 per cent of turtledoves have been lost due to
this.
8. Oranges have up to _______ pesticides sprayed on them before
they reach the shops. After harvest oranges may be washed in
chlorinated water and detergent, then sprayed with fungicide and
coated in wax to make them shiny.
9. Carrots contain up to ____ different pesticides, including
organophosphates (also used in sheep dips).
10. Growing the food required to feed one American person causes
about ___________ of soil erosion annually.
The missing numbers:
25 per cent
2.6 million tonnes
89 per cent
Five million
90 per cent
15 tonnes
29
23,000 tonnes
Nine
150
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