Climate Change
Petrochemicals Are Killing Us, a New Report Warns in the New England Journal of Medicine
It’s well known that fossil fuels are the primary driver of climate change. A dirty secret is that they’re also the source of toxic chemicals linked to rising rates of chronic and deadly diseases.
Use of petroleum-based chemicals skyrocketed during the postwar era, most of them entering the market with little concern for safety. Now, mounting evidence links petrochemicals to the rapidly rising prevalence of a slew of chronic and deadly conditions, a review published in the New England Journal of Medicine warned earlier this month.
Petrochemicals Are Killing Us, a New Report Warns in the New England Journal of Medicine