India, Feb. 27 -- Chemical pollution is all-pervasive on our planet, with no place on Earth remaining safe from it, according to the State of India's Environment 2025 released at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue on February 26, 2025.

"In the Anthropocene age, human-made chemicals are not only "forever", but have also become "everywhere" pollutants. From high in the atmosphere to deep inside oceans, from soils and trees to uninhabited regions - they are everywhere," stated the report, released by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) director general Sunita Narain, India's G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant; former deputy chairperson of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia; and management and financial guru Raj Liberhan.

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