People are getting sick of environmental destruction

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davidsuzuki.org 16 Aug '12, 10pm

People are getting sick of environmental destruction

According to an article in the New York Times , "emerging diseases have quadrupled in the last half-century." The increase is mainly due to human encroachment into and destruction of wildlife habitat. For example, one study concluded that a four per cent increase in Amazon deforestation led to a 50 per cent increase in malaria because mosquitoes, which transmit the disease, thrive in the cleared areas. Another example from the article shows how interconnected life is. Development in North America has destroyed or fragmented forests and chased many predators away. This has led to a huge increase in white-footed mice, which carry Lyme bacteria. The mice are not good at removing ticks and their larvae and so the ticks pick up bacteria from the mice and spread it to other mammals, including humans. Because the number of Lyme-infected ticks has multiplied, more are transferring...

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【環境破壊からの感染症増加をたどる。】ライム病、エボラ出血熱、SARS、西ナイルウイルスエイズ. 。国際家畜研究所は感染症は殆ど野生、家畜、殆ど動物由来疾患であると公表。 via @DavidSuzuki: [link]
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