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ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTIONS; Many people regard the rapid population growth of less industrialized countries as our most serious environmental problem. Others think that the population growth in industrialized countries, though smaller, is actually a greater environmental threat. What problems result from (a) population growth in less industrialized countries and (b) In industrialized nations? Which do you think is the greater threat? Why?

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