Impacts of Climate Change on Indirect Human Exposure to Pathogens and Chemicals from Agriculture

• Published in: Environmental health perspectives Vol. 117; no. 4; pp. 508 - 514
• Main Authors: Boxall, Alistair B. A., Hardy, Anthony, Beulke, Sabine, Boucard, Tatiana, Burgin, Laura, Falloon, Peter D., Haygarth, Philip M., Hutchinson, Thomas, Kovats, R. Sari, Leonardi, Giovanni, Levy, Leonard S., Nichols, Gordon, Parsons, Simon A., Potts, Laura, Stone, David, Topp, Edward, Turley, David B., Walsh, Kerry, Wellington, Elizabeth M. H., Williams, Richard J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. National Institutes of Health. Department of Health, Education and Welfare 01.04.2009; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
• Subjects: Agricultural chemicals; Agricultural management; Agricultural soils; Agriculture; Agrochemicals - metabolism; Agrochemicals - toxicity; Animals; Chemical hazards; Chemicals; Climate; Climate change; Climate effects; Climate models; Climatic changes; Contaminants; Copyrights; Data sources; Disease Vectors; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Environmental aspects; Environmental changes; Environmental Exposure - prevention & control; Environmental impact; Environmental Pollutants - metabolism; Environmental Pollutants - toxicity; Exposure; Farming systems; Food Contamination; Greenhouse Effect; Health; Health and wellness; Health aspects; Host-Pathogen Interactions; Human; Humans; Influence; Pathogenic microorganisms; Pathogens; Pathways; Pesticides; Policies; Review; Reviews; Risk; Soil pollution; Stone; Synthesis; Transport; United Kingdom; agriculture; pathogens; pesticides; health risks; environmental fate; climate change; nutrients

Objective: Climate change is likely to affect the nature of pathogens and chemicals in the environment and their fate and transport. Future risks of pathogens and chemicals could therefore be very different from those of today. In this review, we assess the implications of climate change for changes...