Approximately 5 million locations across the world are now contaminated as a result of human activities including mining, manufacturing, livestock farming, industry, urbanisation and fertiliser and pesticide use, according to the head of Australia’s Global Center for Environmental Remediation. NaiduRavi Naidu said that the over 144,000 existing man-made chemicals are now having an impact on soil, water, the aquatic system and human health, and claimed that countering such contamination was “humanity’s … next great challenge”. Ravi Naidu called for the creation of a global accord on contaminants, equivalent to the Paris Climate Agreement.
Approximately 5 million locations across the world are now contaminated as a result of human activities including mining, manufacturing, livestock farming, industry, urbanisation and fertiliser and pesticide use, according to the head of Australia’s Global Center for Environmental Remediation. Ravi Naidu said that the over 144,000 existing man-made chemicals are now having an impact on soil, water, the aquatic system and human health, and claimed that countering such contamination was “humanity’s … next great challenge”. Naidu called for the creation of a global accord on contaminants, equivalent to the Paris Climate Agreement.