Six Modern Plaques
Reviewed by Evelyn Owinje
Six modern plaques and how we are causing them Mark Jerome Walters Published by Shearwater Books, Washington, DC, USA, 2003
ISBN: 155963992X Pages: 206, Price: US $22.00
When a scary new disease comes along, we easily point at a phenomenon like bioterrorism or assume the role of a victim, which may be true in some cases. Thus ignoring our own collective act of global environment disruption which has and is still causing so many new infectious diseases. This is the topic that Dr. Mark Jerome Walters, a doctor of veterinary medicine and a journalist explores in his book, six modern plaques and how we are causing them. Walters writes an interesting, intriguing and thought-provoking narrative on these six plaques: …show more content…
And how the FDA took no action on the conclusion of harm to limit antibiotic use in livestock in other to prevent Antibiotic-resistant Salmonella DT104 because their budget is also handled by the US department of Agriculture .Issues soil and water pollution as the antibiotics from the livestock wastes end up in bacteria-rich waste lagoons ,and this medicated sludge is often spread on croplands as fertilizers ,where the antibiotics and drug-resistant bacteria enter groundwater or surface water and then infiltrate the soil (pg. 85) .The research mentioned in Walters book we carried out in different population groups to prevent selection bias e.g. the case of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome(HPS) where deer mouse populations in four corner areas. Centers for Disease Control failed to make the link between a rash of bird deaths and the ongoing human encephalitis outbreak in the …show more content…
Lyme disease is connected to the absence of predators, excess mice and deer’s
Walters emphasizes the work or duties of everyone in the society in relation to public health like the case of the ecologist who predicted people's risk of developing Lyme disease based on the abundance of acorns in a region
The chapter on Hantavirus stated explained how the prevalence of this disease is directly related to increased winter or summer rains and increased deer, mouse population. However, Walters did not state how human’s activity lead to the re-emergence of this disease. Like it did in other chapters
After Walters descriptions of these very scary truths he states there is still hope, with changes in personal behavior e.g. barrier contraception to prevent HIV/AIDS, allowing cattle’s to be herbivores again to quell Mad cow disease, more effective government policies early detection of diseases, medical
Six modern plaques and how we are causing them Mark Jerome Walters Published by Shearwater Books, Washington, DC, USA, 2003
ISBN: 155963992X Pages: 206, Price: US $22.00
When a scary new disease comes along, we easily point at a phenomenon like bioterrorism or assume the role of a victim, which may be true in some cases. Thus ignoring our own collective act of global environment disruption which has and is still causing so many new infectious diseases. This is the topic that Dr. Mark Jerome Walters, a doctor of veterinary medicine and a journalist explores in his book, six modern plaques and how we are causing them. Walters writes an interesting, intriguing and thought-provoking narrative on these six plaques: …show more content…
And how the FDA took no action on the conclusion of harm to limit antibiotic use in livestock in other to prevent Antibiotic-resistant Salmonella DT104 because their budget is also handled by the US department of Agriculture .Issues soil and water pollution as the antibiotics from the livestock wastes end up in bacteria-rich waste lagoons ,and this medicated sludge is often spread on croplands as fertilizers ,where the antibiotics and drug-resistant bacteria enter groundwater or surface water and then infiltrate the soil (pg. 85) .The research mentioned in Walters book we carried out in different population groups to prevent selection bias e.g. the case of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome(HPS) where deer mouse populations in four corner areas. Centers for Disease Control failed to make the link between a rash of bird deaths and the ongoing human encephalitis outbreak in the …show more content…
Lyme disease is connected to the absence of predators, excess mice and deer’s
Walters emphasizes the work or duties of everyone in the society in relation to public health like the case of the ecologist who predicted people's risk of developing Lyme disease based on the abundance of acorns in a region
The chapter on Hantavirus stated explained how the prevalence of this disease is directly related to increased winter or summer rains and increased deer, mouse population. However, Walters did not state how human’s activity lead to the re-emergence of this disease. Like it did in other chapters
After Walters descriptions of these very scary truths he states there is still hope, with changes in personal behavior e.g. barrier contraception to prevent HIV/AIDS, allowing cattle’s to be herbivores again to quell Mad cow disease, more effective government policies early detection of diseases, medical