Tag: biodiversity

Abstract of this paper on the “Helsinki alert of biodiversity & health” seems interesting

By Jonathan Eisen   Posted in Scholarly Literature (Journals, Books, Reports)
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Well this certainly seems of interest to the microBEnet audience Ann Med. 2015 Apr 23:1-8.  Helsinki alert of biodiversity and health. Alas the paper is an absurd $52 to access for 24 hours. So all I have is the abstract, which certainly seems interesting: Urban living in built environments, combined with the use of processed water …

Ecology of Disease – Are they ignoring the great indoors?

By Hal Levin   Posted in News Scholarly Literature (Journals, Books, Reports)
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An article in the Sunday NYT on the Ecology of Disease — paints with a very broad brush that ignores the role of the microbiology of the built (and especially the indoor) environment, where we spend most of our time and most likely acquire most of our diseases. What the article ignores underscores the importance …