Chemical pollution: A growing peril and potential catastrophic risk to humanity

[Display omitted] •The global picture of chemical pollution in the environment is often fragmented.•This perspective highlights global picture of pollution regarding catastrophic risk.•Exposure related impact on fertility, cognition and food safety are discussed.•Prioritised strategies for curbing c...

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Vydáno v:Environment international Ročník 156; s. 106616
Hlavní autoři: Naidu, Ravi, Biswas, Bhabananda, Willett, Ian R., Cribb, Julian, Kumar Singh, Brajesh, Paul Nathanail, C., Coulon, Frederic, Semple, Kirk T., Jones, Kevin C., Barclay, Adam, Aitken, Robert John
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2021
Elsevier
Témata:
Chemical pollution
cognition
Endocrine disruptors
environment
Environmental awareness
Environmental contamination
food security
human health
male fertility
pollution
pollution control
risk
Toxicity
Chemical pollution
Endocrine disruptors
Environmental contamination
Environmental awareness
Toxicity
ISSN:0160-4120, 1873-6750, 1873-6750
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Shrnutí:[Display omitted] •The global picture of chemical pollution in the environment is often fragmented.•This perspective highlights global picture of pollution regarding catastrophic risk.•Exposure related impact on fertility, cognition and food safety are discussed.•Prioritised strategies for curbing chemical dispersal are recommended. Anthropogenic chemical pollution has the potential to pose one of the largest environmental threats to humanity, but global understanding of the issue remains fragmented. This article presents a comprehensive perspective of the threat of chemical pollution to humanity, emphasising male fertility, cognitive health and food security. There are serious gaps in our understanding of the scale of the threat and the risks posed by the dispersal, mixture and recombination of chemicals in the wider environment. Although some pollution control measures exist they are often not being adopted at the rate needed to avoid chronic and acute effects on human health now and in coming decades. There is an urgent need for enhanced global awareness and scientific scrutiny of the overall scale of risk posed by chemical usage, dispersal and disposal.
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DOI:10.1016/j.envint.2021.106616