2007Feb17: “The threat to human health from climate change—through malnutrition, disease, and flooding—is substantial, and in some parts of the world, immediate. Most of the health burden of climate change is borne by children in developing countries. It is ironic that doctors, for whom protecting health is a primary responsibility, contribute to global warming through unnecessary attendances at international conferences,” – from abstract of Reducing the carbon footprint of medical conferences, an editorial in the British Medical Journal (Science Daily, 2007).
Reference: Science Daily. 2007. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070216112426.htm
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