New Survey Shows Rainforests #1 Environmental Concern
12/16/99
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Title: New survey shows rainforests #1 enviro concern
Source: TNS Intersearch media release
Status: Copyright 1999, contact source for permission to reprint
Date: December 16, 1999
Americans are more or less satisfied with the state of the
environment in the United States today, with 62 percent saying it is
very or mainly satisfactory. By contrast, 62 percent believe that the
government has done too little to address the environmental issues
facing the country.
At the same time, the U.S. respondents do not believe economic growth
should be favored over the protection of the environment.
Approximately two-thirds (67 percent) believe that it is more
important to protect the environment than to ensure economic growth.
Asked to indicate the biggest environmental threat to future
generations not only in the United States, but in the world in
general, the participants' top three picks were: the loss of
rainforests, species and wildlife (19 percent); pollution of drinking
water (19 percent); and industrial pollution (18 percent). The other
choices included nuclear energy accidents (12 percent), global
warming (11 percent), holes in the ozone layer (9 percent), traffic
pollution (8 percent), pollution from farming (2 percent) and
``none'' (1 percent).
About the Study
Entitled ``Millennium Survey,'' the unprecedented study, one of the
world's largest public opinion surveys, recently polled over 50,000
participants in 60 countries about the same core issues addressed in
the U.S. part of the study. The complete U.S. and Canada survey
results as well as information about the other regions of the world
in the study are available on the Internet at
http://www.intersearch.tnsofres.com.
TNS Intersearch, founded in 1960, is a full-service international
survey firm with 400 full-time employees and is the seventh largest
custom market research company in the U.S. The company is
headquartered in Horsham, PA and has client service offices in major
cities throughout the U.S. TNSI is the US headquarters of one of the
world's largest market research companies, Taylor Nelson Sofres,
which was also ranked the fastest-growing market research company in
the world, according to Inside Research, with more than 100 offices
in over 35 countries.
Further information on TNS Intersearch is available from the company
website: http://www.intersearch.tnsofres.com.