Is Climate Change Turning the World’s Crops Toxic?
- Abstract
A newly-released report from the UN has found that extreme climate conditions around the world may be having a detrimental effect on our crops. In the face of elevated temperatures, certain crops are susceptible to produce more chemicals than normal in a bid to defend themselves. This accumulation of chemicals could be potentially harmful to humans ingesting the produce, causing a wide array of complications. The assessment of crop toxicity as a result of climate change was just one of six key areas in the report instigated by the onset of global warming, alongside such topics as plastic pollution and zoonotic epidemics.
- Resource Type
- Magazine/newspaper article
- Author
- Environmental Technology Online
- Date
- July 5, 2016
- Organization Type
- News
- Health and Human Impact
- Food security
- Climate and Environmental Impact
- Food/crops