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West Nile Virus -- Mad Cow Disease -- HIV/AIDS -- Hantavirus -- Lyme Disease ... and a new strain of Salmonella. Such modern epidemics have emerged over the past few decades as mysterious, yet significant risks to human health. These "plagues" are forcing us to modify our lifestyles in ways that minimize our chances of becoming a statistic in the latest tally of the afflicted.
In Six Modern Plagues, Mark Jerome Walters offers us the first book for the general reader that connects these emerging health risks and their ecological origins. Drawing on new research, interviews, and his own investigations, Mark Jerome Walters weaves together a compelling argument: that changes humans have made to the environment, from warming the climate to clearing the forests, have contributed to, if not caused a rising tide of diseases that are afflicting humans and many other species.
According to Mark Jerome Walters, humans are not always innocbystanders to infectious disease. To the contrary, in the case of many modern epidemics, we are the instigators. Six Modern Plagues, a ground-breaking introduction to the connection between disease and environmental degradation should be read by all those interested in their health and the health of others.
In Six Modern Plagues, Mark Jerome Walters offers us the first book for the general reader that connects these emerging health risks and their ecological origins. Drawing on new research, interviews, and his own investigations, Mark Jerome Walters weaves together a compelling argument: that changes humans have made to the environment, from warming the climate to clearing the forests, have contributed to, if not caused a rising tide of diseases that are afflicting humans and many other species.
According to Mark Jerome Walters, humans are not always innocbystanders to infectious disease. To the contrary, in the case of many modern epidemics, we are the instigators. Six Modern Plagues, a ground-breaking introduction to the connection between disease and environmental degradation should be read by all those interested in their health and the health of others.
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Reviews for Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This was actually a page-turner. All the wonders of modern plagues and how they came to be or strive today. Insightful and interesting, it was surprisingly easy to read and now I have random fun facts about disease to share at dinner!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It is an easy and well written book. A former veterinarian turned journalist explains how our unwise environmental practices exacerbate, or cause, plagues of the Mad Cow disease, West Nile virus, AIDS, Lyme disease, Salmonella, Hanta virus and SARS. I probably didn’t learn many new things from this book, as I have always been interested in the subject, but it was very convincingly explained and written easily enough for my 12-year-old to understand. Beware though, some of the hunting, farming and diet practices described are not for the ones with queasy stomachs. Unfortunately, we all knowingly or unknowingly partake in them.