U.S. Americans' concerns about environmental threats in 2012

This survey shows the concerns of U.S. Americans towards environmental threats in 2012. 36 percent of the respondents were aworried "a great deal" about air pollution.

Public concern about environmental threats in the United States in 2012

Characteristic	Great deal	Fair amount	Only a little	Not at all	No opinion
Contamination of soil and water by toxic waste	50%	28%	16%	5%	0%
Pollution of drinking water	48%	30%	15%	6%	0%
Pollution of rivers, lakes, and reservoirs	48%	31%	17%	4%	0%
The loss of tropical rain forests	37%	27%	24%	12%	1%
Air pollution	36%	35%	22%	7%	0%
Extinction of plant and animal species	36%	29%	23%	12%	1%
Global warming	30%	25%	22%	23%	1%

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Release date

April 2012

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Region

United States

Survey time period

March 8 to 11, 2012

Number of respondents

1,024 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

During the survey, this question was posed as follows: "I'm going to read you a list of environmental problems. As I read each one, please tell me if you personally worry about this problem a great deal, a fair amount, only a little, or not at all. First, how much do you personally worry about...?"

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