Algal blooms and public health
Abstract
Alterations in coastal ecology are expanding the geographic extent, frequency, magnitude, and species complexity'' of algal blooms throughout the world, increasing the threat of fish and shellfish poisonings, anoxia in marine nurseries, and of cholera. The World Health Organization and members of the medical profession have described the potential health effects of global climate change. They warn of the consequences of increased ultraviolet-B (UV-B) rays and of warming: the possible damage to agriculture and nutrition, and the impact on habitats which may alter the distribution of vector-borne and water-based infectious diseases. Algal growth due to increased nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) and warming are already affecting marine microflora and aquatic plants; and there is now clear evidence that marine organisms are a reservoir for enteric pathogens. The pattern of cholera in the Western Hemisphere suggests that environmental changes have already begun to influence the epidemiology of this infectious disease. 106 refs.
- Authors:
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- Cambridge Hospital, MA (United States). Harvard Medical School
- Publication Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 7007394
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-930415-
Journal ID: ISSN 1042-8011; CODEN: WRRVE5
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Journal Name:
- World Resource Review; (United States)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 5:2; Conference: 4. international conference on global warming science and policy, Chicago, IL (United States), 5-8 Apr 1993; Journal ID: ISSN 1042-8011
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; ALGAE; PRODUCTIVITY; CLIMATIC CHANGE; HEALTH HAZARDS; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HAZARDS; PLANTS; 560300* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology
Citation Formats
Epstein, P R. Algal blooms and public health. United States: N. p., 1993.
Web.
Epstein, P R. Algal blooms and public health. United States.
Epstein, P R. 1993.
"Algal blooms and public health". United States.
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abstractNote = {Alterations in coastal ecology are expanding the geographic extent, frequency, magnitude, and species complexity'' of algal blooms throughout the world, increasing the threat of fish and shellfish poisonings, anoxia in marine nurseries, and of cholera. The World Health Organization and members of the medical profession have described the potential health effects of global climate change. They warn of the consequences of increased ultraviolet-B (UV-B) rays and of warming: the possible damage to agriculture and nutrition, and the impact on habitats which may alter the distribution of vector-borne and water-based infectious diseases. Algal growth due to increased nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) and warming are already affecting marine microflora and aquatic plants; and there is now clear evidence that marine organisms are a reservoir for enteric pathogens. The pattern of cholera in the Western Hemisphere suggests that environmental changes have already begun to influence the epidemiology of this infectious disease. 106 refs.},
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year = {Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993},
month = {Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993}
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