The Biggest Threat to Human Life
Published: 15 August 2019
YouGov reports “The World Health Organisation has listed the ten biggest threats to global health today - but which ones keep Britons up at night?...The most frequently selected issue was bacteria, parasites and fungi becoming resistant to antibiotics, which could prevent us from being able to treat diseases such as pneumonia, gonorrhoea, or tuberculosis. Six in ten Britons (59%) classes this as a priority for global health. The second most voted for issue by Britons was air pollution and climate change (54%), classed by the WHO has the greatest environmental risk to health today.”