Climate change: health effects in the UK: Chapter 12: Impact of climate change on human exposure to chemicals in the UK

Table of Contents

• Chapter 12. Impact of climate change on human exposure to chemicals in the UK 1
• Summary 2
• 1. Introduction 7 5
• 1.1 Summary of previous reports 7 5
• 1.2 State of the current science and chapter aims and objectives 7 5
• 2. Climate change impacts on chemical fate and transport 12 5
• 2.1 Temperature-related processes 14 5
• 2.2 Precipitation, drought and wind speed-related processes 16 5
• 3. Climate change, agriculture-related chemicals and human exposure 23 5
• 3.1 Determinants of exposure 23 5
• 3.2 Environmental and health impacts 27 5
• 3.3 Existing interventions 29 5
• 4. Climate change, land deposited contamination and human exposure 32 5
• 4.1 Determinants of exposure 32 5
• 4.2 Health impacts 35 5
• 4.3 Interventions 37 5
• 5. Climate change, chemicals in industrial settings and human exposure 39 5
• 5.1 Determinants of exposure 39 5
• 5.2 Health impacts 40 5
• 5.3 Interventions 41 5
• 6. Conclusions and future priorities 45 5
• 6.1 Conclusions 45 5
• 6.2 Research priorities 45 5
• 6.3 Implications for public health practice 46 5
• Acronyms and abbreviations 47 5
• Glossary of terms 48 5
• References 50 5
• About the UK Health Security Agency 57 5
• Chapter 12. Impact of climate change on human exposure to chemicals in the UK 5
• Authors 6
• Acknowledgements 6
• 1. Introduction 7
• 1.1 Summary of previous reports 7
• 1.2 State of the current science and chapter aims and objectives 7
• Table 1. Summary of the key (groups of) chemical contaminants, and examples of their health impacts 9
• 2. Climate change impacts on chemical fate and transport 12
• Figure 1. Flow diagram summarising how climate change may impact on chemical fate in the environment 13
• 2.1 Temperature-related processes 14
• 2.2 Precipitation, drought and wind speed-related processes 16
• Table 2. Summary of climate change impacts, the chemical contaminants involved and their health impacts 20
• (The information in this table is illustrated graphically in Figure 2, below.) 20
• Notes 21
• Figure 2. Factors impacting the exposure to chemical pollutants due to climate change 22
• (This is a graphic version of Table 2.) 22
• 3. Climate change, agriculture-related chemicals and human exposure 23
• 3.1 Determinants of exposure 23
• 3.2 Environmental and health impacts 27
• 3.2.1 Food safety issues 27
• 3.3 Existing interventions 29
• 4. Climate change, land deposited contamination and human exposure 32
• 4.1 Determinants of exposure 32
• 4.1.2 Water quality 34
• 4.2 Health impacts 35
• 4.3 Interventions 37
• 5. Climate change, chemicals in industrial settings and human exposure 39
• 5.1 Determinants of exposure 39
• 5.2 Health impacts 40
• 5.3 Interventions 41
• Table 3. Summary of the UK-focused studies and reports used in this chapter 43
• 6. Conclusions and future priorities 45
• 6.1 Conclusions 45
• 6.2 Research priorities 45
• 6.3 Implications for public health practice 46
• Acronyms and abbreviations 47
• Glossary of terms 48
• References 50
• About the UK Health Security Agency 57