Alan H. Lockwood

The Silent Epidemic: Coal and the Hidden Threat to Health

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

We will not find exposure to burning coal listed as the cause of death on a single death certificate, but tens of thousands of deaths from asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer, heart attacks, strokes, and other illnesses are clearly linked to coal-derived pollution. As politicians and advertising campaigns extol the virtues of clean coal, the dirty secret is that coal kills. In The Silent Epidemic, Alan Lockwood, a physician, describes and documents the adverse health effects of burning coal. Coal fueled the industrial revolution and has become a major source of energy in virtually every country. Lockwoods straightforward description of coal as a health hazard is especially timely, given the barrage of marketing efforts to promote coal as part of energy independence. His message is clear and urgent: Coal-fired plants make people sick and die, particularly children and those with chronic illnesses, and they cost society huge amounts of money desperately needed for other purposes.

Produktdetails

• Mit Press
• Verlag: MIT Press
• Seitenzahl: 229
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. August 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 469g
• ISBN-13: 9780262017893
• ISBN-10: 026201789X
• Artikelnr.: 35710110

Autorenporträt

Alan H. Lockwood, M.D., is Emeritus Professor of Neurology and Nuclear Medicine at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He is the lead author of a Physicians for Social Responsibility report on coal¿s adverse health effects.