Seven Modern Plagues: and How We Are Causing Them He shows that they originate from manipulation of the environment, from emitting carbon and clear-cutting forests to feeding naturally herbivoro. In recent years, we have experienced scares with a host of new influenza viruses: bird flu, swine flu, Spanish flu, Hong Kong flu, H5N1, and most recentl
| Title | : | Seven Modern Plagues: and How We Are Causing Them |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.81 (870 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1610914651 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-19 |
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Epidemiologists are braced for the big one: the strain of flu that rivals the pandemic of 1918-1919, which killed at least 20 million people worldwide. In recent years, we have experienced scares with a host of new influenza viruses: bird flu, swine flu, Spanish flu, Hong Kong flu, H5N1, and most recently, H5N7. While these diseases appear to emerge from thin air, in fact, human activity is driving them. And the problem is not just flu, but a series of rapidly evolving and dangerous modern plagues.
According to veterinarian and journalist Mark Walters, we are contributing to-if not overtly causing-some of the scariest epidemics of our time. Through human stories and cutting-edge science, Walters explores the origins of seven diseases: mad cow disease, HIV/AIDS, Salmonella DT104, Lyme disease, hantavirus, West Nile, and new strains of flu. He shows that they originate from manipulation of the environment, from emitting carbon and clear-cutting forests to feeding naturally herbivoro
Editorial : "A fascinating work of ecological journalism, utterly convincing in its argument: that our health and the health of the environment are intimately linked, and we overlook that link at our peril."
(Michael Pollan author of Second Nature and The Botany of Desire)
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