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World population soon to hit the 7 billion mark ... will we survive?
By Tom Paulson
Credit Stefano Corso / Flickr
Pretty soon, joining the crowd may not be an option – it'll be crowds everywhere.
Sometime around Halloween, we’re told, the world’s 7th billion living person will be born.
Whether you should celebrate this milestone, recoil in horror or shrug depends upon your perspective regarding global population growth.
