Worsening soil pollution threatens future food production, ecosystems – Report

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The report lists actions needed to prevent and halt soil pollution and to remediate polluted soils.

Worsening soil pollution and waste proliferation threaten the future of global food production, human health and the environment, a report has said.

The report said soil pollution also affects the soil’s ability to provide ecosystems services, including the production of safe and sufficient food, compromising global food security.“The supply of safe drinking water is threatened by the leaching of contaminants into groundwater and runoff,” it said.

“Soil pollution causes reduced crop yields and food wastage due to high levels of contaminants, loss of biodiversity and increased incidence of pests, decreased water quality and eutrophication of the marine environment,” it said.“Soil protection is of the utmost importance to ensure the success of our future agri-food systems, ecosystem restoration and all lives on earth,” QU Dongyu, the director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organisation, said in the forward of the report.

“The global annual production of industrial chemicals has doubled to approximately 2.3 billion tonnes since the beginning of the 21st century and is projected to increase by 85 per cent by 2030.“Waste production is also on the rise, the world currently produces 2 billion tonnes of waste annually and that is predicted to rise to 3.4 billion tonnes by 2050 due to population growth and urbanisation,” the report said.

 

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