New Book on Link Between Climate Change and Human Health (You Can Win It)
March 31st, 2011 by Zachary Shahan
Last month, we covered an epic new study by Dr. Paul Epstein, the Director of Harvard Medical School Center for Health and the Global Environment, and eleven other co-authors on the human health effects of coal and how much it is costing us in the United States.
The study, “Full Cost Accounting for the Life Cycle of Coal,” was the first to track the multiple human health and environmental impacts of coal from mining, electricity production, unused waste, and more. The result: coal is costing U.S. citizens up to $500,000 in health costs.
Now, Dr. Epstein and award-winning science journalist Dan Ferber have a new book out on a similar but even bigger topic, the health impacts of climate change: Changing Planet, Changing Health: How the Climate Crisis Threatens Our Health and What We Can Do about It.
The book, which is to be published on April 4 by the University of California Press, covers critical topics most probably don’t even consider when they think about climate change as well as solutions to it. It has already received some tremendous acclaim from leaders in this field.
Praise for Changing Planet, Changing Health
“You’ll never find a clearer or smarter explanation of one of the toughest problems the world faces as the Holocene ebbs and the warming era begins,” says Bill McKibben, who was named “the nation’s leading environmentalist” by the Boston Globe in 2010 and has numerous big achievements to his name.
“Changing Planet, Changing Health is a landmark book that will raise our consciousness about how we should respond to a growing emergency and save lives,” Al Gore says.
What Changing Planet, Changing Health Covers
The book explains how global warming is linked to cholera, malaria, Lyme disease, asthma, and other major health threats. It connects cutting-edge scientific and medical information with the true stories of people around the world in easy-to-read English.
The book also offers numerous sustainable solutions that would not only benefit human health and the environment, but would also help address other critical problems like fuel shortages, rising food costs, and financial instability.
You Can Win the Book!
We are hosting a book giveaway here on CleanTechnica. Here’s how you can enter to win: do one or more of the following (for each thing you do, you get your name in the hat) and let us know that you did so with a separate comment for each thing you do (we pick the winners by the comment number):
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Zachary Shahan spends most of his time here on CleanTechnica as the director/chief editor. Otherwise, he's probably enthusiastically fulfilling his duties as the director/editor of Solar Love, EV Obsession, Planetsave, or Bikocity. Zach is recognized globally as a solar energy, electric car, and wind energy expert. If you would like him to speak at a related conference or event, connect with him via social media. You can connect with Zach on any popular social networking site you like. Links to all of his main social media profiles are on ZacharyShahan.com.
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