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I recently read this article and thought it was more than worth sharing. – Marvelous Mouth
We’ve all seen Mad Max and been frightened, if only a bit, by how savage a future it depicts. As extreme as that world may be, there is something about its resource-hungry depravity that seems almost tangible.
Our industrial society has a lot of looming problems. From acidic oceans to flooded cities, shrinking biodiversity to new super-bugs, it’s clear that something needs to be done to avert disaster.
Could health care save us from these impending catastrophes?
Our food is killing us. There are the salmonella outbreaks, the most recent of which cost more than a billion dollars to peanut growers. Then there’s our diet, which has left us obese, diabetic, nutrient deprived, and sick.
Food is central to any discussion of health care. A health care system that treats chronic disease as something cheaper and easier to prevent than treat, places pressure on the food industry to change. As Michael Pollan explains, “to keep from bankrupting ourselves, we will…have to get to work on improving our health—which means going to work on the American way of eating.”
Changing the way we make food is tied closely with health care for an entirely different reason: It could prevent pandemic disease. Swine flu has its roots in the industrial agriculture system, and it’s not alone. Some researchers believe that MRSA, the antibiotic-resistant staff infection that is becoming ubiquitous in hospitals, is the result of using regular antibiotic regimens on pig farms.
Then, there is the threat of diseases spreading to new regions as the planet warms. Tropical ailments like dengue fever could become problems in the now-temperate United States.
Health care could help avert these tragedies in two ways. First, it could take control of the use of antibiotics, ensuring that human drugs are not used irresponsibly and in ways that could create resistant microbes. Second, universally available health care will be better able to catch new diseases at their source before they have a chance to spread out of control.
Droughts in California and Georgia, to name only two, have made it clear: The water crisis is global.
The most important thing we can do to avoid a peak water situation is protect the resources we still have. Incineration and disposal of medical waste pollutes the air and the water.
Our health care system needs to adopt a full-circle management approach that considers the production of medicine and supplies, their use, and ultimately their disposal.
Asthma, lung cancer, and even appendicitis: The air we breathe can make us sick. Recently, the EPA announced that greenhouse gasses pose a threat to public health.
A health care system that considered prevention valuable would be forced to pressure the government to regulate such public health threats. If government-backed health insurance costs increased based on the environmental risks of the insured’s residence, legislators would be motivated to take radical action to curb air pollution.
Almost every home in America harbors a bounty of toxic chemicals and these toxins are not only under the sink or in the garage.
Lipstick, toys, and are all commonly cited examples of where toxins hide. While focusing on these individual sources makes for sensational headlines, it fails to miss the true scope of the problem. In 2005, it’s estimated that exposure to environmental toxins cost the health care industry upwards of $5.7 billion.
Eliminating or better controlling these substances would, in the words of one researcher, “significantly improve the state’s economic performance.” This is an understatement anyone in government could understand.
Climate change will affect your health in both minor and significant ways. Everything on this list will be made worse by a warming climate and, not even considering the implications it will have on health, climate change is expected to cost the United States $271 billion dollars by 2025.
A health care plan that advocated for locally produced whole foods, prevented the use of human antibiotics in industrial farming, regulated the production and disposal of medical supplies, demanded stronger action on dangerous emissions, and lobbied for stronger control of household toxins would, by default, position the United States as a leader in climate change action.
Any plan that does not address these environmental factors, or strive to correct them, will fail under the incredible cost of our dangerous lifestyle.
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Article from: http://www.treehugger.com
In this week’s JOURNAL, Bill Moyers spoke with Daniel Goleman, author of ECOLOGICAL INTELLIGENCE, about how to find truly eco-friendly goods amongst the sea of products now marketed as ‘green.’
“Let me reassure you. Everything that we’ve done that’s ‘green’ is to the good. I recycle my papers and plastics, and I try to get the ‘green’ product. But once you realize, through the lens of the life cycle assessment, that every product has a thousand environmental, health, [and] social impacts, and you see that what we call ‘green’ has taken one slice and improved it, there’s still the 999 other things that we need to get better.” Daniel Goleman Read more HERE.
This was once again a great Bill Moyer’s Journal (I love this man) and what Daniel Goleman had to say was alarming, informative and he actually gave solutions that most reporting does not do. I haven’t read his new book yet, but I hope it does the same. No matter how little our present “green” effort is in fighting the big monsters, it is something and a start. Change happens generationally and of course we see some younger ones that may put us back some years, but it is never too late to try to reach people and get them to understand the impacts on a personal level so that they will give a damn and do the right thing. They have to see the personal impact for change to happen!! Sad, but true for most. It amazes me how many people I see with kids that don’t even try to be green. They don’t see the personal impact on their children. Wow!! Also know that most of these companies claiming to be green, going green or whatever, are full of crap. They will jump on any “bandwagon” that will bring them more sales. As Daniel talked about, this is one place we need to make change by telling them with our buying dollars and letters to their companies that we want them to change their ways and do the right thing.
The term “VOTE with YOUR dollars” is always relevant and this is a good place to apply this. Don’t complain, take postive action, big or small!
Someday, and I hope it is soon, this t-shirt design will not be relevant. When will the madness stop? Don’t forget to make your voice heard. Be active!
In the mean time you can show the wankers what you think and wear it OUT LOUD! We designed this like an album cover with a song list and of course in Dolby. See the shirt here.
How these people get elected is ridiculous. I don’t care who they are. How they act, supposedly on our behalf, is obviously sickening. The idea is we elect people to represent OUR VOICE. Whether this happens or not, it is your responsibility to participate in our society, process and government. You have no right to bitch if you don’t. They get paid all too well for poor work. We would be fired if it were us in our work place.
GET UP! and STAY STANDING! Tell them continually what you want represented. Tell them what kind of job they are doing. Tell them they are YOUR VOICE. Don’t just sit on the bus and let the drivers run you over the cliff. Take control and responsibility. This is your country and the insanity needs to stop! Below is a link to the list of the US Senate and contact information. You can email, call, or write letters. You can send petitions. Whatever it is, do something! Don’t sit on the sidelines or you are no better than they are. NOW IS THE MOMENT!
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