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 in human exposures to pathogens and chemicals in agricultural systems in the United Kingdom and discuss the subsequent effects on health impacts.
In this review, the authors used expert input and considered literature on climate change, health effects resulting from exposure to pathogens and chemicals arising from agriculture, inputs of chemicals and pathogens to agricultural systems, and human exposure pathways for pathogens and chemicals in agricultural systems.