A
recent report by the European Academies Science Advisory Council
(EASAC) signals the risk of more illnesses as global warming creates
conditions for disease-bearing insects to mature faster and produce more
offspring.
The EASAC, chaired by Dr. Volker ter Meulen, is
comprised of 26 national science academies of the European Union member
states. Dr. ter Meulen, a virologist at Germany’s University of Würzburg
and president of the Germany Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, cited the
mosquito, which is known to transmit a number of diseases including
yellow fever, West Nile virus, dengue fever, encephalitis and
chikungunya.
In particular, chikungunya, a viral infection that
causes fever and joint debilitation, has already been diagnosed in over
200 people in Europe.
In addition, rising temperatures provide new habitats for insects, also known as vectors, to spread.
Dr.
ter Meulen stated, “… We have had a higher temperature over the last
20, 30 years, which is documented. These higher temperatures provide for
the vectors and the viruses to grow faster and produce more. More
vectors, more virus, and this will cause more disease.”
Our
thanks, Dr. ter Meulen and European Academies Science Advisory Council
scientists for this important message and report. May humans unite with
all swiftness to stop global warming and restore stable conditions to
our cherished planetary home. During a 2008 videoconference with our
Association members in the United States, Supreme Master Ching Hai
explained the most direct way to stop the warming of the climate and its
related detrimental effects.
Supreme Master Ching Hai: And
some places may have more mental illness, and all kind of other
illnesses, and diseases go where they have not been before even. Like
mosquitoes, they migrate into different areas where they have not been
before because the climate is warmer.
So it depends on how many
people join the vegetarian diet. The more vegetarian people, the less
killing of the animals, the more time we have to rescue the planet and
the lives on the planet.
So everybody has to join to into the
vegetarian diet, and stop the killing, stop the harm to other people and
the animals and save energies every way possible and go green wherever
possible.
THEN WE STILL CAN SAVE THE PLANET
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65928120100610http://www.easac.eu/home/reports-and-statements/detail-view/article//climate-chan.htmlhttp://www.easac.eu/about-easac/what-is-easac.htmlhttp://www.interacademycouncil.net/?id=12759
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