UNEP – ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE
February 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE 2005 Yearbook of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has warned environmental change is spreading diseases beyond their traditional range, while causing pathogens to mutate and become more deadly.It includes a number of case studies, illustrating one message: "Loss of forests, road and dam building, the spread of cities, the clearing of natural habitats for agriculture, mining and the pollution of coastal waters are promoting conditions under which new and old pathogens can thrive".For instance, the transmission of humans, via ...
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