Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch: report of The Rockefeller Foundation-Lancet Commission on planetary health.

Whitmee, Sarah; Haines, A.; Beyrer, C.; Boltz, F.; Capon, A.; Ferreira de Souza Dias, Braulio; Ezeh, A.; Frumkin, H.; Gong, Peng; Head, P.; Horton, R.; Mace, G.; Marten, R.; Myers, S.; Nishtar, S.; Osofsky, S.; K. Pattanayak, Subhrendu; Pongsiri, M.; Romanelli, Cristina; Soucat, A.; Vega, J.; Yach, D.

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60901-1

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Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch: report of The Rockefeller Foundation-Lancet Commission on planetary health.

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Authors:

Sarah Whitmee

A. Haines

C. Beyrer

Abstract

Earth's natural systems represent a growing threat to human health. And yet, global health has mainly improved as these changes have gathered pace. What is the explanation? As a Commission, we are deeply concerned that the explanation is straightforward and sobering: we have been mortgaging the heal...

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Political Science

Medicine

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