Paul Kingsnorth, a journalist and deputy editor of Ecologist magazine, contends in the following viewpoint that global warming will cause severe human health problems and lead to the deaths of many people. According to the author, floods, heat waves, and hurricanes due to global warming are already affecting human health, injuring or killing thousands and leaving survivors to endure famine and malnutrition. Another threat to health posed by global warming is the increase in diseases spread by pests and insects. According to Kingsnorth, many disease-carrying insects will find more...
Source: Global Warming, ©2002 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
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