Noncommunicable Diseases Air Pollution
Global research trends and hotspots on environmental pollution and primary liver cancer: A bibliometric and visualized analysis. Tropical Medicine and Health.
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WHAT IS PLANETARY HEALTH?
Chemical Pollution
Human-generated chemical pollution threatens global health, ecosystem balance, and humanity’s long-term survival.
Chemically active materials are discharged into the environment in massive quantities each year, including the introduction of newly synthesized chemicals. Human exposure to chemicals increases with the growth of chemical-intensive industries, including construction, agriculture, electronics, cosmetics, mining, and textiles. We come in contact with chemicals through the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat. Industrial chemicals have been detected in populations of all ages across the globe and in plants and animals worldwide.
The presence of hazardous chemicals and other pollutants (e.g., microplastics and pharmaceutical pollutants) impacts human health, biodiversity, and ecological integrity. Chemical pollutants have been tied to a broad range of health concerns, including cancers and respiratory illnesses; and diseases of the cardiovascular, central nervous, and renal systems. Recent studies have also focused on the impacts of exposure over time to low levels of pollutants on human reproduction, cognitive health, and food security.
“We cannot live without chemicals. Nor can we live with the consequences of their bad management.” -Joyce Msuya, Acting Executive Director, UN Environment
Chemical Pollution Resources
Infectious Diseases Chemical Pollution
Unraveling classic and emerging links between pollution and infectious diseases. Discover Public Health.
Experts explain how pollution affects the spread of infectious diseases and how it puts both humans and animals at risk.
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Chemical Pollution Nutrient Overloading and Cycling
Arsenic in aquatic ecosystems: Sources, risks, remediation, and governance in India with respect to global significance. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution.
The contamination of groundwater with arsenic is a global concern, threatening ecosystems and human health. In India’s Indo-Gangetic plains, researchers found high arsenic levels from natural and human sources are linked to skin lesions and cancer. Improved monitoring systems and community-engaged water governance are needed to promote safe drinking water.
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Life Stage and Reproductive Health Chemical Pollution
Prenatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances predicts multimodal brain structural and functional outcomes in children aged 5 years: A birth cohort study. The Lancet Planetary Health.
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Chemical Pollution
A systematic review on the presence of microplastics in drinking water in South American countries with a special emphasis on health risk assessment. Discover Water.
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