This week on Earth Beat… there are 6.8 billion people living on the planet, and more and more people are beginning to worry that the Earth is getting overcrowded. Most of us regard the birth of a baby as something special, but some see each newborn as an extra strain on the planet – one man’s bundle of joy is another’s potential polluter. So to mark recent world population day, we’re asking: Is procreation bad for the planet?
