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Example sentences from the Web for overpopulation Overpopulation is the single most important public health problem in the world.
How Over-the-Counter Birth Control Could Screw You | Kent Sepkowitz| November 24, 2012| DAILY BEAST
Fortunately, though, overpopulation has a remedy: birth control.
How Over-the-Counter Birth Control Could Screw You | Kent Sepkowitz| November 24, 2012| DAILY BEAST
He harangues people about overpopulation , SUVs, and carbon emissions.
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Cousin Yachkovich begins again at his talk on overpopulation .
The birth control movement assumes that the world suffers from overpopulation .
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation | Austin O'Malley
Here was a crop so easy of culture and of such nourishing qualities that it led to overpopulation and all its attendant ills.
Our Foreigners | Samuel P. Orth
The alternative to overpopulation and its remedy emigration is found in preventive checks to increase.
Influences of Geographic Environment | Ellen Churchill Semple
Another matter that must be taken into consideration in the question of overpopulation , is the severity of the climate.
Social Problems in Porto Rico | Fred K. Fleagle
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noun the population of an area in too large numbers
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Scientific definitions for overpopulation The population of an environment by a particular species in excess of the environment's carrying capacity . The effects of overpopulation can include the depletion of resources, environmental deterioration, and the prevalence of famine and disease.
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