# Global Experts Identify 17 “Catastrophic” Threats To Human Health This Century – Including 2 With “Extinction Potential”

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/global-experts-identify-17-catastrophic-threats-to-human-health-this-century-including-2-with-extinction-potential/
- Published: 2026-10-11T09:45:00-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo: A detonation test during Operation Buster/Jangle in 1951. Image credit: National Archives Catalog. NAID: 146765030. Unrestricted use. Article by Laura Simmons. IFLScience – October 10, 2026. Study: The Lancet. It’s a challenging time to be a human. Maybe not the most challenging we’ve ever faced, but we’ll leave that for the historians of the future to debate. In the here and now, there are myriad issues threatening human health and wellbeing, all of which vie for attention amid the onslaught of 24-hour news and endless scroll of content we subject ourselves to. […] Click here to view the original article at www.iflscience.com