Risks of Nitrogen Pollution Increasing
The report, Human Acceleration of the Nitrogen Cycle: Managing Risks and Uncertainty — produced by the OECD in collaboration with the UNECE Task Force on Reactive Nitrogen (TFRN), revealed that pollution caused by nitrogen is being overlooked as governments continue to focus simply on carbon emissions, ignoring the growing risks to health and the environment.
Impact of Nitrogen Pollution
Around half the world’s population depends on nitrogen fertilisers for food consumption, says the report, adding that the amount of nitrogen in chemically reactive forms has doubled since the beginning of the 20th century.
The report compares the impact of Nitrogen to ....
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