{"id":17174,"date":"2022-01-18T14:05:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T14:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=17174"},"modified":"2022-01-18T14:16:12","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T14:16:12","slug":"study-confirms-safe-planetary-boundary-pollutants-surpassed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/study-confirms-safe-planetary-boundary-pollutants-surpassed\/17174\/","title":{"rendered":"Worrying study confirms the safe planetary boundary for pollutants is surpassed"},"content":{"rendered":"
In a first of its kind study, an international group of scientists have examined the cocktail of synthetic chemicals and other \u2018novel entities\u2019 flooding the environment and their influence on the stability of the Earth\u2019s system.<\/p>\n
The 14 researchers have determined that humanity has surpassed a planetary boundary linked to environmental pollutants such as plastics.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere has been a 50-fold increase in the production of chemicals since 1950. This is projected to triple again by 2050,\u201d explained co-author Patricia Villarubia-G\u00f3mez from the Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University<\/a>. Plastic production alone has expanded 79% between 2000 and 2015, the team confirmed.<\/p>\n \u201cThe pace that societies are producing and releasing new chemicals and other novel entities into the environment is not consistent with staying within a safe operating space for humanity,\u201d added G\u00f3mez.<\/p>\n Scientists have discovered that there are approximately 350,000 distinct varieties of manufactured chemicals on the global market. This incorporates plastics, pesticides, industrial chemicals, chemicals in consumer products, antibiotics, and other pharmaceuticals.<\/p>\n These are all completely unique entities, generated by human endeavours, and \u00a0have generally undetermined consequences on the Earth system. Worryingly, substantial volumes of these novel entities enter the environment every year.<\/p>\n \u201cThe rate at which these pollutants are appearing in the environment far exceeds the capacity of governments to assess global and regional risks, let alone control any potential problems,\u201d commented co-author Bethanie Carney Almroth from the University of Gothenburg.<\/p>\n In 2009, a transnational group of scientists detected nine planetary boundaries that delineate the extraordinarily stable state Earth has endured for 10,000 years.<\/p>\nFilling the gap in the analysis of planetary boundaries<\/h3>\n