Changing planet, changing health [electronic resource] : how the climate crisis threatens our health and what we can do about it / Paul R. Epstein and Dan Ferber ; foreword by Jeffrey Sachs.
Epstein, Paul R.; Ferber, Dan.
2011
RA793 .E67 2011eb
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Title Changing planet, changing health [electronic resource] : how the climate crisis threatens our health and what we can do about it / Paul R. Epstein and Dan Ferber ; foreword by Jeffrey Sachs.
Author Epstein, Paul R.
ISBN 9780520269095 (hardback)
0520269098 (hardback)
9780520948969 (e-book)
Publication Details Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.
Language English
Description xii, 355 p. : ill., maps.
Call Number RA793 .E67 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 616.9/88
Summary "Climate change is now doing far more harm than marooning polar bears on melting chunks of ice--it is damaging the health of people around the world. Brilliantly connecting stories of real people with cutting-edge scientific and medical information, Changing Planet, Changing Health brings us to places like Mozambique, Honduras, and the United States for an eye-opening on-the-ground investigation of how climate change is altering patterns of disease. Written by a physician and world expert on climate and health and an award-winning science journalist, the book reveals the surprising links between global warming and cholera, malaria, lyme disease, asthma, and other health threats. In clear, accessible language, it also discusses topics including Climategate, cap-and-trade proposals, and the relationship between free markets and the climate crisis. Most importantly, Changing Planet, Changing Health delivers a suite of innovative solutions for shaping a healthy global economic order in the twenty-first century"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Added Author Ferber, Dan.
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Mozambique
The mosquito's bite
Sobering predictions
Every breath you take
Harvest of trouble
Sea change
Forests in trouble
Storms and sickness
The ailing Earth
Gaining green by going green
Healthy solutions
Of rice and tractors
Rewriting the rules.

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