More malaria, diarrhea, and asthma: these diseases are on the rise around the world because of environmental destruction and kill some three million children under five and two million adults a year. Full Story »
Posted by Dwight Rousu
The title suggests climate change is the prime topic, but the article deals with a range of environmental effects that affect health. The story spawns from a conference in Mexico. There is breadth, but not a lot of depth.
Event-linked article (International Ecohealth Forum 2008 in Mérida) that states the theme and objectives of the gathering, some field data from all over the world, organizational linking of institutions involved, plus a couple of statements from officials and researchers.
What I think matters is the effort of highlighting the way in which human intervention in the environment amplifies pathogens and mechanisms of transmitting diseases. It's not that the diseases are caused by deforestation and global warming, but that they are greatly "helped" to gain into human territory. It's about what's avoidable.
Everything wrong with the world is the fault of global warming and we are at fault for global warming by emitting CO2. Guess who is supposed to pay for everything wrong with the world?
The theory that global warming causes malaria has been shot down many times, but to hell with the facts. It's a story that is too good to check.
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