Auerbach Paul S. - Enviromedics: the impact of climate change on human health

Enviromedics

Praise for Enviromedics

Jay Lemery and Paul Auerbach have done a superb job of demonstrating how and explaining why climate change threatens everyone. They have taken an aspect understood clearly by few people and shown why it needs to be regarded as a central aspect of global health and well-being. Mark Plotkin , PhD, LHD, president, Amazon Conservation Team; author of Medicine Quest: In Search of Natures Healing Secrets

Enviromedics is a compelling dive into the essential topic of health in a changing climate. Through a readable tour of the science and gripping examples, Lemery and Auerbach highlight the ways that shifting climate and related extreme conditions are affecting people. Whether direct or indirect, the connections are exceeding human limits for tolerance across global geographies. The authors underscore a key implicationresponding effectively to the climate challenge can build vibrant societies with safety, health, and well-being at the core. Katharine Mach , PhD, senior research scientist, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

Many adolescents behave as if they are invincible. They soon learn that taking risks with no benefits can be future-wrecking. America and other nations can no longer behave this way; they cannot ignore ruined oceans, lands, and atmospheres, and thus, sick people. With Enviromedics, these experienced and accessible doctors are intervening at a moment of urgency, teaching and asserting the changes that their patients (all of us) must make. Every person, young and old, should read Enviromedics . Richard J. Jackson , MD, MPH, professor, Fielding School of Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles; author of Making Healthy Places ; host of the PBS series Designing Healthy Communities

Enviromedics is the most important book ever written about how environmental changes affect human health. Doctors understand the effects of diet, stress, lack of exercise, and sleep on health and disease. But our health care system mostly ignores the effects of pollution and climate change on human health. Everyone should read this book, including policy makers, health care professionals, and anyone who cares about their personal health. Mark Hyman , MD, director, Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine; author of 10-Day Detox Diet

Its difficult for many Americans, particularly in this politically charged period, to know how to think about global climate change. Often they have no contact with scientists or environmentalists, and perhaps little confidence in their views. But they know and trust their doctors and nurses, and they care about the health of their families. That is why Lemery and Auerbachs explanation of the link between climate change and personal health is such an important and useful contribution. Frank Loy , former United States Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs

Eloquent, gentle, compassionate, humble, and logicaljust the sort of clear communication that all of us want from our doctors. This is an important book that, like Atul Gawandes Being Mortal , should be read by all members of the public, as well as the medical profession. Hugh Montgomery , MD, FRCP, FRGS, FRSB, FFICM, professor of intensive care medicine; director of the Institute for Human Health and Performance, University College London

Climate scientists speak about the impacts of climate changerising temperatures and seas, and more frequent extreme weather events. In Enviromedics , Lemery and Auerbach successfully identify the ominous links between climate change and human health, including mental health. This incredibly well-researched book by subject matter experts from the health field provides great insight into why we should all care deeply about preventing the worst effects of climate change. Bill Ritter , former Governor of Colorado

Lemery and Auerbach have done the world a great service by providing a straightforward and understandable must-read book that clearly connects human health with an often overlooked and unavoidable essential variableour environment! Richard Carmona , MD, MPH, FACS, 17th Surgeon General of the United States; distinguished professor of public health, University of Arizona

Enviromedics is a timely and lucid account of the health effects caused by human-induced environmental change. The current and future consequences of this health crisis are widespread and monumental in their scope and scale. The worlds poorest people are the most severely impacted, yet the most obviously under-addressed by anything approaching climate justice. Enviromedics should be required reading for anyone who has an interest in better understanding this unprecedented heath care crisis. David Breashears , executive director, GlacierWorks; acclaimed filmmaker, author, and mountaineer

Enviromedics reads like the plot of a disaster moviebut that is exactly what climate change is. It brings to life the human element and the reasons why we really need to worry and take immediate action. It is a must-read for global policy makers. Vivek Wadhwa , distinguished fellow, Carnegie Mellon School of Engineering; syndicated columnist, Washington Post

The health of humans and environmental conditions on Earth are profoundly intertwined. Enviromedics offers the reader a thoughtful, science-based discussion about the relationship between climate change and human health. This is a worthy conversation to be had among health care providers, and, even more importantly, among our general populations. The authors take their Hippocratic oath seriously for the benefit of society and our precious planet. Chad P. Dawson , professor emeritus, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry; editor-in-chief, International Journal of Wilderness ; coauthor, Wilderness Management: Stewardship and Protection of Resources and Values

Smoking tobacco was a scourge to human health until the U.S. Surgeon General issued a report on smoking and human health independent from global industrial interests. With Enviromedics , Lemery and Auerbach bring to light a considerably greater threat. They describe health hazards that are associated with global warming and the consequences for humanity. The authors are emergency physicians and experts in wilderness medicine who know better than most the impacts of nature on human welfare. This amazing book should be read by anyone who is not afraid to contemplate what we are doing and what we must do for the benefit of planet Earth. Hermann Brugger , MD, head of the Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine, EURAC research, Bolzano, Italy; president of the International Society of Mountain Medicine

This comprehensive collection of information puts forth an easily understood critical concept. To form an opinion about climate change, it is essential to understand how environmental change could alter your health. The authors make a convincing case that climate change creates and distributes illnesses that impact the human condition. Their point is that treating these illnesses is not enough. People should treat the environment in the same way that we care for each other. If you are looking for a thorough understanding of environmental change and how it might be impacting your, your familys and your worlds health, this book is a must-read. Dan Orr , MS, president emeritus, Divers Alert Network Foundation; president, Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences

Enviromedics

The Impact of Climate Change on Human Health

Jay Lemery and Paul Auerbach

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