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Partnerships matter: joint action on chemicals for a livable planet

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Published: September 3rd, 2024,
Last updated: September 4th, 2024

By Steffi Lemke & Axel van Trotsenburg
Steffi Lemke, Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection, Germany. Axel van Trotsenburg, Senior Managing Director, World Bank.

There is a silent environmental crisis unfolding around us. Chemicals, such as lead and nitrogen, are in our soil, our water supply and our household products, often going unseen, but with dire results. For example, we have only begun to understand the true magnitude of lead poisoning, its impact on cardiovascular disease and our children’s ability to learn. There is no safe level of lead in the human body.

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