UN Environment launch pollution report

18 December 2017
No one safe from global pollution without concerted action, warns new UN Environment report.
The Executive Director’s Report: Towards a Pollution-Free Planet, draws on the latest data from every continent to examine what we know about pollution and also lay out key elements of a comprehensive framework of actions for how to beat it.
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The report states that freshwater bodies, on which billions of people depend for water,
food and transport, are heavily affected by nutrient run-off from agriculture, chemicals and pathogens in untreated wastewater, heavy metals from mining and industrial effluents.

Access the UN Environment report here. 

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