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GFC in The Huffington Post On The World Reaching The 7 Billion Mark
- By Jerry Irvine on January 5th, 2012
- Category: Featured, News
Welcome to the World
The Huffington Post
by Kristin Lindsey
12/6/2011
No milestone from this past year sticks out more than the news of the world’s population crossing the seven billion mark. Demographers estimate we will hit eight billion sometime in the next twelve years. No one can say exactly when or where we will cross that threshold but one thing is guaranteed: each of those next billion will be children.
While there are many things to consider about our readiness for population growth and sustainability, I also keep this question in view: What are the odds that each of those children can reach the potential they came into the world with?
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