Environment pollution more hazardous than climate change ,say experts-Source, Business line

• Unsafe environment poses greater risk to health than climate change.
• If it is ignored it could result in extinction of humans in the next 100-150 years.
• Emphasis on the need for human capital and investment to clean up the contaminated sites.
• Globally less than 10% of the contaminated sites have been cleaned up.
• There are an estimated five million potentially-contaminated sites globally that threatens the well-being of the people.
• The European chemical agency has listed more than 1.44 lakh chemicals are hazardous and it is growing about 2000 every year.
• Seven million deaths are linked to air pollution and other five million due to chemical exposure.
• Measures have been initiated to sensitize people about the chromium contamination in the soil. 
• The country and state need to work with the policy makers to clean up the environment before it is too late.