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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Chemical pollution has passed safe limit for humanity, say scientists, Pollution
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By Preserving Resources, We're Protecting People, Too
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Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change - The New York Times
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Chemical Recycling of Plastic Not So Fantastic, Report Finds - The Good Men Project
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Six of nine planetary boundaries that make Earth habitable have been exceeded •
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Chernobyl Exclusion Zone has become haven for endangered eagles, study finds : r/worldnews
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Safety limits for human-caused pollution now exceeded
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UN Warns of 'Total Societal Collapse' Due to Breaching of Planetary Boundaries – Byline Times
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