Planetary Overload Global Environmental Change and the Health of the Human Species |
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| Author:
| McMichael, Anthony J. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-44138-4 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1993 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $118.00 |
Book Description:
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The human race faces many threats to its health - perhaps to its survival. Our burgeoning numbers, technology and consumption are overloading Earth's capacity to absorb, replenish and repair. These global environmental problems pose health risks, not just from localised pollution, but from damaged life-support systems. Might we, too, become an 'endangered species'?
The human race faces many threats to its health - perhaps to its survival. Our burgeoning numbers, technology and consumption are overloading Earth's capacity to absorb, replenish and repair. These global environmental problems pose health risks, not just from localised pollution, but from damaged life-support systems. Might we, too, become an 'endangered species'?