Chemical pollution is responsible for 1.8 million deaths per year worldwide, according to a 2022 Lancet study. Around ten researchers and politicians signed an article in Le Monde on February 2.
They call for the urgent creation of an “IPCC for chemical pollution” The IPCC, the intergovernmental group of experts on climate change, produces reference reports intended to guide global decision-makers. The Foundation of the Academy of Medicine is convinced that chemical pressure can be compared to climatic pressure.