Sherwin Karimpoor

Avocados: The Green Fruit’s Not-So-Green Environmental Impact
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Avocados: The Green Fruit’s Not-So-Green Environmental Impact

The high demand and intensive production of avocados continues to cause irretrievabledamage to the environment. Every year, 11 billion pounds of avocado are consumed worldwide. With an intense thirst,each avocado requires approximately 70 litres of water for its production. Human beings, onthe other hand require 50-100 litres of water to meet their basic needs. A…