Seven modern plagues and how we are causing them / Mark Jerome Walters.

By:

Walters, Mark Jerome

Publisher: Washington : Island Press, 2004Description: xxvi, 236 pages ; 21 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781610914659 (paperback : acidfree paper)
1610914651 (paperback : acid-free paper)

Other title:

7 modern plagues and how we are causing them
Seven modern plagues
7 modern plagues

DDC classification:

614.4/9 23

LOC classification:

RA649 .W26 2004

NLM classification:

WA 105

Summary: "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 herbivorous cows "recycled animal protein." Readers will both learn how today's plagues first developed and discover patterns that could help prevent the diseases of tomorrow"--Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-226) and index.

"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 herbivorous cows "recycled animal protein." Readers will both learn how today's plagues first developed and discover patterns that could help prevent the diseases of tomorrow"--Provided by publisher.