Environmental science and pollution research international
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Environ Sci Pollut Res Int · Apr 2021
EditorialCOVID-19 pandemic: the possible influence of the long-term ignorance about climate change.
In addressing the current COVID-19 pandemic and evaluating the measures taken by global leaders so far, it is crucial to trace back the circumstances influencing the emergence of the crisis that the world is presently facing. Could it be that the failure to act in a timely manner dates way back to when first concerns about climate change and its inevitable threat to human health came up? Multiple lines of evidence suggest that the large-scale and rapid environmental changes in the last few decades may be implicated in the emergence of COVID-19 pandemic by increasing the potential risk of the occurrence and the spread of zoonotic diseases, worsening food security, and weakening the human immune system. As we are facing progressive climatic change, a failure to act accordingly could inevitably lead to further, more frequent confrontations with newly emerging diseases.
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Environ Sci Pollut Res Int · Nov 2018
EditorialWater, sanitation, pollution, and health in the Arctic.
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