We've breached Earth's threshold for chemical pollution, study says
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Many thousands of human-made chemicals and synthetic pollutants are circulating throughout our world, with new ones entering production all the time — so many, in fact, that scientists now say we’ve crossed a critical threshold that heightens the risk of destabilizing the entire Earth operating system and posing a clear threat to humanity. There are […]
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We've breached the planetary boundary for chemical pollution, study says
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Scientists have found that chemical pollution goes way beyond a planetary boundary
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We've breached Earth's threshold for chemical pollution, study says
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