Not exact matches
The United Nations recently recognised the
threat of these non-communicable diseases as a
global public
health crisis, and called for decisive preventative action
from government leaders.
Speaking at the time, Sir Leslie Turnberg, Chairman of the UK Public
Health Laboratory Service (PHLS) commented: ³ The vital importance of infectious disease surveillance is clear
from the
global increase in infectious diseases and the looming
threat of antibiotic resistance... The effectiveness of the PHLS is beyond question, and the astonishingly swift identification of the cause of the recent outbreak of salmonellosis
from powdered baby milk undoubtedly saved many babies
from becoming ill.
While antibiotic resistance genes are not harmful in themselves, they limit the use of antibiotics for treating bacterial infections and pose a serious
threat to
global public
health if they get transmitted to humans
from environmental sources, such as compost.
Invited lecturer on July 16: «Case Studies
from Africa: The Value of the «One
Health» Entry Point for Facilitating Conservation and Development,» as part of the «One World, One
Health, One Medicine: Emerging
Global Animal
Health Threats» panel.
If we take this path toward a clean energy future, we know we can stop the worst effects of
global warming while reviving our economy, rescuing America
from its dependence on fossil fuels, reducing pollution and
threats to our
health, protecting the natural resources that we depend upon for survival, and creating millions of good jobs right here at home.
Below is one of the «Key Findings»
from the report
Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States produced by the U.S. Climate Change
Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), which was used as a major support for the U.S. Environmental Protections Agency's «Endangerment Finding» that human carbon dioxide emissions are a
threat to
health and welfare.
But the productivity and
health of our grasslands, farms and livestock are under
threat from global warming alarmists and green preservationists.