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TY - JOUR
T1 - Chemical pollution:
T2 - a growing peril and potential catastrophic risk to humanity
AU - Naidu, Ravi
AU - Biswas, Bhabananda
AU - Willett, Ian
AU - Cribb, Julian
AU - Kumar Sing, Brajesh
AU - Nathanail, Paul
AU - Coulon, Frederic
AU - Semple, Kirk
AU - Jones, Kevin
AU - Barclay, Adam
AU - Aitken, Robert
N1 - This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Environment International. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Environment International, 156, 106616, 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106616
PY - 2021/11/30
Y1 - 2021/11/30
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
U2 - 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106616
DO - 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106616
M3 - Journal article
VL - 156
JO - Environment International
JF - Environment International
SN - 0160-4120
M1 - 106616
ER -