Problem:

The U.S. government announced on Tuesday (21) data from the Population Census conducted this year and revealed that between 2000 and 2010 the U.S. population grew by 9.7% to 308,745,538 inhabitants. This number remains the United States as the third most populous country in the world, behind China and India, whose populations exceed the mark of 1 billion people.



Most of the population growth - 60% - is given on behalf of the vegetative growth of the population, while another 40% is attributable to immigration. As the first survey of American history, held in 1790, the form does not ask the people if they have American citizenship or are in the country illegally, which prevents to know how much illegal immigrants who arrived in the last ten years. The existence of this form in question would make most illegal immigrants do not provide information, compromising the outcome of the census. The five most populous states in the United States are California (37.2 million), Texas (25.1 million), New York (19.3 million), Florida (18.8 million) and Illinois (12.8 million).

Overpopulation is a condition where an organism's numbers exceed the carrying capacity of its habitat. The recent rapid increase in human population over the past two centuries has raised concerns that humans are beginning to overpopulate the Earth, and that the planet may not be able to sustain present or larger numbers of inhabitants. At the time, the world population stood at 5.5 billion, and optimistic scenarios predicted a peak of 7.8 billion by 2050, a number that current estimates show will be reached around 2030.

Consequences:

The continuous increase in population can have several negative consequences. The most widely spoken is the issue of food shortages. It is true that foods are poorly distributed worldwide, since, in developed countries there is a major health problem by overeating (obesity and cardiovascular problems). But with increasing world population, the need for food therefore requires more space cultivation, which can result in the destruction of forests and other biomes. We also observe that for greater food production more water is wasted.

With increasing population and developing countries also increases the pollution produced. If the current population with environmental problems related to pollution and waste are quite large, it follows therefore that such problems will be much worse with an even larger population. This increase in pollution will also involve the degradation of many ecosystems that still manage to stay preserved.

In the globalized society we live in another serious problem is the spread of epidemics, which are now much easier due to contact between individuals from all over the world with each other due to the improvement of means of transport. The fact that more and more people and less habitable area is also beginning to emerge with populations living in dangerous areas of the planet, easily susceptible to disasters (eg areas of high volcanic activity). They also worried the government authorities the problems associated with job creation, housing resources, transportation, education and health.

Solution:

To try to contain the high population growth is necessary to expand the services of high quality family planning and reproductive health. Unwanted pregnancies occur when couples who do not want a pregnancy use no method to effectively regulate fertility, lack of knowledge or reasonable access to such methods. One of the priorities of various governments should offer couples and individuals to appropriate services to prevent such pregnancies. It should also disclose more information about family planning and increase the alternative contraceptive methods, as well as facilitate access to abortion and leave out the hypocrisy. Distribute condoms to young people is essential.

It is also very important public awareness on existing means of fertility regulation and its value, the importance of accountability and safety in the practice of sex and location services. Should be created favorable conditions for the establishment of small families. Further increasing the educational level, especially among adolescents. Improvements in the economic, social and legal status of girls and women may help to increase their bargaining power, giving them a stronger voice in decisions related to reproductive and productive aspects of the family.

It's time to raise awareness and provide access methods for each couple contraceptives exists in America and put aside the hypocrisy and religious bigotry. It is still time to change the American way of life and try harder to be less extravagant, wasteful, and selfish consumers. It is time to control population growth in this country and prevent future problems.