Five new books on climate change and human health, ecology and imperialism in the global south, environmental economics, capitalism and universities, and the meaning of hegemony
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Archive | Health threats
Environment & Health
Unhealthy environments kill 12.6 million a year
An estimated 12.6 million people died as a result of living or working in an unhealthy environment in 2012 – nearly 1 in 4 of total global deaths, according to new estimates from the World Health Organization.
Recommended Reading
Ecosocialist resources, February 2016
Reading for reds and greens: Michael Moore on Flint water; Bill McKibben and Robert Fanney on climate and the Zika virus; Richard Fidler on Venezuela; Martin Empson on jobs, climate, justice
Pentagon Pollution, 2: Military waste sickens land and people
The U.S. military generates more toxic waste than the five largest US chemical companies combined.
Pentagon Pollution, 3: Chemical warfare and Agent Orange
Four decades after the U.S. military fled Vietnam, millions of children and adults still suffer the devastating effects of its deliberately ecocidal assault
Pentagon Pollution, 4: A biological bargain with the devil
The “war on terror” includes massive federal funding for secret research on the most lethal bacteria and viruses with no known cure
Pentagon Pollution, 5: The deadly impact of depleted uranium
The use of depleted uranium weapons in the Balkans and Iraq has left a long-term legacy of cancers and birth defects among civilians
Pentagon Pollution, 6: Weapons of mass destruction in slow motion
During and after the Pentagon’s wars, landmines and cluster bombs kill and maim, while blocking resettlement and agriculture in the poorest regions
Ecosocialist resources, 63
Quebec vs tar sands; Systemic roots of ebola; Class interests in economics; SPGB vs ecosocialism; Naomi Klein and extractivism; Trends in Third world debt
In Ohio, don’t drink the water!
Nearly half a million people have been told that their tap water is unsafe to drink, poisoned by industrial farming, sewage, storm water runoff and industrial pollution.
Air pollution hits people of color hardest
Study shows that non-white people in U.S. inhale 38 percent higher levels of air pollution than whites
Air pollution kills 7 million a year
World Health Organization names the biggest environmental health threat: over 12% of all deaths are caused by the air we breathe
Carcinogen found in nearly 100 shampoos and soaps
A new study from the Center for Environmental Health finds cocamide diethanolamine in major brand and private label products sold by major retailers across the U.S.