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Fertilizers help feed the world, but excessive use is poisoning water, polluting the air and accelerating climate change. Despite the damage fertilizers can cause, roughly a third of the world’s largest food companies don’t acknowledge any risk, while most companies that recognize the hazards do little to address them, according to a new report by Planet Tracker.
The report examined more than 5,000 company filings from 45 food system giants between 2018 to 2023 and found that many companies don’t report how they manage fertilizer-related risks, which makes it difficult to address the problem of overuse.
