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… of the planet. It is affecting our health through the food we eat, the water we drink and the air we breathe. are … less visible, for example the presence of pesticides in food, and lakes, endocrine-disrupting chemicals in drinking … human rights obligations related to health, life, food and water, safeguarding a healthy and sustainable …

… as the work of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. It also briefly explores other complementary mechanisms … resources is essential if humanity’s overarching need for food, water, and energy security is to be met’.2 As a basic … diversity, the effects of climate change and reduction in food security,3 it is an essential aspect of all three of …

… on its soils than it is today, to produce sufficient food to meet the ever-increasing food deficit. • A general realisation that the world … on the world, especially in terms of the decline in food security, indicates that soil has ecological limits and …

… been used. Through bioaccumulation, animals higher in the food chain and humans are more likely to have higher … role in past insubstantially increasing the world's food production and greatly reducing the post-harvest losses … a broad spectrum of synthesized chemicals present in the food they eat, the air they breathe and the water they drink. …