Scientists raise alarm over ‘most underrated threat facing humanity’ after toxic chemicals detected in air, food and water

Toxic chemicals found in air, food and water have been connected with an alarming number of serious health issues, according to a new shocking study.

After establishing a “strong” link between the toxicity and chronic conditions, such as cancer, obesity, dementia and infertility, the report cautioned that the “contamination of humans is endemic”.

What’s more, the authors of ‘The Invisible Tsunami’ report dubbed toxicity “the most underrated threat facing humanity”.

They further warned that the detrimental consequences of the contamination upon human health are “widely underestimated”.

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Pesticides and food contact materials, such as packaging, could be extremely hazardous

“This research, collating peer-reviewed work, shows that humanity is facing a widely underappreciated exposure to chemicals through food, air and water,” said director of climate at Deep Science Ventures Dr Adam Tomassi-Russell.

“The scale of the problem appears widespread and research shows the need for a fundamental shift in how we approach our understanding, funding and innovation efforts to solve this problem.”

Co-founder and chair at The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, Jeremy Grantham weighed in, saying: “Toxicity is the most underrated threat facing humanity.”

In fact, the study declared that the use of pesticides could be having a more negative impact on cancer cases than smoking.

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Other health hazards were also identified, such as pregnancy complications, ADHD, heart conditions and respiratory problems.

In the report, more than 3,600 synthetic chemicals – 80 of which have been deemed particularly menacing – from ‘food contact’ materials, such as packaging and pesticides, were found within human bodies across the world.

It was estimated that around 14 per cent of European teenagers had alarmingly high blood levels of chemicals known as Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS).

The same dangerous chemicals were found in almost every single individual who was tested.

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Pesticides could be having a more negative impact on cancer cases than smoking

These synthetic chemicals have impacted the global sperm count, reducing some men’s sperm count to lower than half the normal amount in some instances.

Additionally, the authors highlighted the alarming link between the use of pesticides and bladder, colon and liver cancer, as well as leukaemia and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

In fact, they predicted that pesticide exposure during the gestation period heightens the risk of developing childhood leukaemia and lymphoma by more than half.

The report was initially created by Deep Science Ventures’ science team with The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, with the study involving scientific analysis of papers alongside interviews with leading experts.

Now, the research team has called upon for substantial action in a bid to remedy the situation, declaring the current situation as “inadequate”.

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