Pesticides in agriculture pose serious health risks, including endocrine disruption and cancer, through contaminated food and water.
Intensive livestock farming and deforestation heighten the risk of diseases spreading from animals to humans.
Overuse of antimicrobials in livestock promotes drug resistance, threatening human health with untreatable infections.
Agriculture pollutes water and soil with harmful substances, endangering ecosystems and causing health issues like "blue baby syndrome."
Industrial agriculture's focus on commodity crops contributes to nutritional deficiencies and increases obesity and chronic diseases.
Livestock farming inefficiently uses vast land areas, failing to meet the global need for diverse, nutritious crops.
Small farms occupy little land and face economic disadvantages, while the poor lack access to nutrient-rich foods.