The World Health Organization (WHO) and other organizations report that the prevalence of human diseases during the past decade
is rapidly increasing. Population growth and the pollution of water, air, and soil are contributing to the increasing number
of human diseases worldwide. Currently an estimated 40% of world deaths are due to environmental degradation. The ecology
of increasing diseases has complex factors of environmental degradation, population growth, and the current malnutrition of
about 3.7 billion people in the world.
Key words Ecology - environmental degradation - increasing disease - malnutrition - pollution - population growth