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- Title
Searching for a sustainable solution to increasing chemical pollution.
- Authors
Rakowska, Joanna
- Abstract
The growing world population and the development of civilization put pressure on the environment. Irreversible climate changes, biodiversity loss, ocean acidification, land and water degradation, and food scarcity took place. Climate changes affect human health through extreme atmospheric phenomena or indirect effects of ecosystem disruption. The intensification of natural disasters increases the risk of technical failures, and the growing production and release of larger quantities and more new chemical compounds, with different hazard potentials, exceeds the environment's adaptability and societies' ability to monitor changes and conduct safety assessments. The article reviews the knowledge and approach to the possibility of reducing the risks and effects of events resulting from chemical pollution. As stated, prevention of further environmental degradation and increased preparedness for natural disasters caused by climate change is critical to public safety and requires contingency plans to continuously adapt to the changing frequency, intensity, and scale of natural disasters.
- Subjects
POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL protection; NATURAL disasters; LAND degradation; OCEAN acidification; ENVIRONMENTAL degradation
- Publication
Environmental Science & Pollution Research, 2024, Vol 31, Issue 28, p40903
- ISSN
0944-1344
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11356-024-33857-y