A team of scientists has assessed the impact of chemical pollution on the earth's system and has come to the conclusion that the planetary safe limit for humanity has already been exceeded.

For these experts, the production of chemicals has already had a 50-fold increase since 1950, and by 2050 this number is expected to triple.

At issue is the incessant production and release of pollutants into the environment, which for the experts, exceeds any chance of evaluating the risks on a regional and global level, but also of controlling them.

However, the study of the Stockholm Resilience Center, Stockholm University, cited by Green Servers, reveals that there are 350 thousand different chemicals being manufactured in the market, including plastics, antibiotics and pesticides. The limits identified that keep Planet Earth stable include the ozone layer, biodiversity, greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), ocean acidification, among others, but with regard to the limit for this type of pollution and other new entities, the group was unable to quantify.

Chemicals affect the health of the planet in many ways, and their production and dispersal around the world continues to increase. According to the Center, the total amount of plastics currently exceeds twice the amount of all living mammals - and 80% of the plastics already produced are scattered throughout the environment.

"Some of these pollutants can be found globally, from the Arctic to Antarctica, and can be extremely persistent," says author Bethanie Carney Almroth of the University of Gothenburg. "We need to implement a fixed limit on the production and release of chemicals."

For researcher Sarah Cornell, the circular economy is also a necessary concept to apply. "Moving to a circular economy is really important. This means changing materials and products so that they can be reused and not wasted, developing chemicals and products for recycling, and improving the screening of chemicals for their safety and sustainability along the entire path of impact on the Earth system."