Can population kill people?

In the article “Global Overpopulation,” Cara Swann mentions that the world’s population is increasing day by day for many reasons. She says being childfree is the good way to decrease population nowadays. Moreover, she states that overpopulation also causes some bad problems for people and the environment as well. First, Swann tells us the fact that there are five babies who are born in every single second while two people die; therefore, the world’s population growth certainly is happening in every second and makes its population increase day by day. Second, she shows that the more people are born the greater the amount of trees are cut down, the more natural resources are used, and the more trash is thrown away. These things absolutely affect our environment. Third, she talks about the solutions for the above population troubles by stating that we should to control the birth rate. She also tells us about some reasons that cause overpopulation in the world such as religion and lack of education.

Have you ever thought that a country could destroy itself because of its population? I read Easter Island’s story in writing class last week. It was about Easter Island, a beautiful country, which had a big problem because of its environment. People in this country gradually died because of lacking food. One reason that led to this trouble is population. This article really made me amazed and I had to think about environment more than before. The fact is that overpopulation causes many troubles for people because the more babies are born; the more natural resources are used. Overpopulation can lead many problems such as pollution, famine, and being poor in some developed countries. Thus, I partially agree with Cara Swann. In my opinion, overpopulation happens because of three reasons: religious belief, lack of education, and early-married status.

First, in some religious beliefs, people believe that they are not allowed to control their birth rate by some scientific methods. Except for the original method that is showed by the Bible, they do not use any ways to stop giving birth. For example, there is a group of people who are Catholic in my country, who give birth without control. Each family has from 3 to 5 members. They do not care about the Government Issues in which a couple can get more benefit if they have only two children. Their beliefs are strongly enough to keep giving birth and make the population grow day by day.

Second, most developing countries do not have good education systems in which people are educated to control their birth rate when they get married. Even high school students are not told how to avoid being pregnant. As a result, population is increasing gradually.

Third, the situation of lack of education easily to leads to early-married status. People usually get married when they are only eighteen years old or less than that if the law allows doing that. If women get married early, they probably have more than three children in their family. Controlling the early-married status will be a good way to control the birth rate.

In conclusion, overpopulation happens because of three causes, religious belief, lack of education, and early-married status. Overpopulation can cause some bad things to the environment. Controlling the birth rate is one of the good ways to protect our environment and save our earth.

Reference

Swann, Cara (2000, Sep. 1). Global overpopulation. Suit1001.com. Retrieved on January 20, 2009 from http://suit1001.com