Category FAQs Search : Fossil Fuels
Question: How fossil fuel-derived pesticides and plastics harm health, biodiversity, and the climate
Answer: Three global challenges menace survival as we know it: climate change, loss of biodiversity, and chemical pollution (including endocrine-disrupting chemicals [EDCs]). These threats are more strongly interlinked than previously thought by their common origins in fossil fuels such as coal, oil, or gas, including that derived from fracking. It is well established that accumulation of anthropogenic greenhouse gases (CO2, methane, and N2O) in the atmosphere is the main driver of climate change. However, policy makers and the general public need to better appreciate the links of each of these threats to life.
(Source: Pustaka Negeri Sarawak, 10 Jun 2021)
Source Link: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(20)30116-9/fulltext