Humans have been waging chemical warfare on soil since the end of WW2. The chemicals that were made to take human life on a scale never seen before in the history of humankind became the fertilisers, pesticides and herbicides used in conventional agriculture and horticulture. Soil is humanity's number 1 resource. Everything comes from soil.
Yesterday was #worldsoilday2025 and we are losing topsoil to desertification faster than any other time.