3 pollution threats deadlier than climate change in Asia

In the era of TikTok and global governments, Biblical stewardship of creation does not mean surrendering our judgment to every environmental movement that claims the moral high ground. It means looking honestly at the evidence, identifying the problems that threaten human beings now, and pursuing solutions that improve the lives of our neighbors. For much of Asia, the environmental emergency is not a hypothetical temperature projection for the year 2100.

Rather, it is the real-time plague of land and water pollution, driven by mindless dumping and poor waste management. Asian countries fill six of the 10 slots on lists of the world's worst plastic polluters and nations with the most mismanaged plastic waste.