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Global Change: Ozone Depletion, Greenhouse Warming, and Public Health

Global Change: Ozone Depletion, Greenhouse Warming, and Public Health Mass media ( 1-3), the Worldwatch Institute (4), technical reports (5, 6), international expert groups (7, 8), the World Health Organization (9, 10), international conferences ( 1 1, 12), and science journals ( 13, 14) have all depicted damage to the biosphere caused by human activity. The topic has also received some attention in the medical press ( 15-21). This paper is partly speculative, but it is based on the observations and judgment of scientists, in many fields, who agree that the global environment is changing in ways that could have serious consequences for human health. Public health workers face new challenges and responsibilities in coming decades. COMPONENTS OF GLOBAL CHANGE Global change is a complex process; many interconnected factors can be regarded as either causes or consequences. There is controversy about several aspects, particularly those that have economic and political implications. Since the late 1970s, attention has been focused on stratospheric ozone depletion, which is leading to increased ultraviolet (UV) radiation of the biosphere (22), and on accumulation of atmospheric greenhouse gases, which many authorities believe to be inducing global warming (23-25). Ozone depletion and global warming and their health effects are discussed in some detail in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annual Review of Public Health Annual Reviews

Global Change: Ozone Depletion, Greenhouse Warming, and Public Health

Last, J M
Annual Review of Public Health , Volume 14 (1) – May 1, 1993
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Annual Reviews
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Copyright 1993 Annual Reviews. All rights reserved
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0163-7525
eISSN
1545-2093
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10.1146/annurev.pu.14.050193.000555
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8323583
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Abstract

Mass media ( 1-3), the Worldwatch Institute (4), technical reports (5, 6), international expert groups (7, 8), the World Health Organization (9, 10), international conferences ( 1 1, 12), and science journals ( 13, 14) have all depicted damage to the biosphere caused by human activity. The topic has also received some attention in the medical press ( 15-21). This paper is partly speculative, but it is based on the observations and judgment of scientists, in many fields, who agree that the global environment is changing in ways that could have serious consequences for human health. Public health workers face new challenges and responsibilities in coming decades. COMPONENTS OF GLOBAL CHANGE Global change is a complex process; many interconnected factors can be regarded as either causes or consequences. There is controversy about several aspects, particularly those that have economic and political implications. Since the late 1970s, attention has been focused on stratospheric ozone depletion, which is leading to increased ultraviolet (UV) radiation of the biosphere (22), and on accumulation of atmospheric greenhouse gases, which many authorities believe to be inducing global warming (23-25). Ozone depletion and global warming and their health effects are discussed in some detail in

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Annual Review of Public Health – Annual Reviews

Published: May 1, 1993

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