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The Health of Trees and the Natural World is Closely Linked to Our Own State of Health
January 23rd, 2017
By Karen Foster
Guest writer for Wake Up World
“When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.” ~ John Muir
As a species, we’re just beginning to recognize that the environment is vital to our health. Evidence is increasing from multiple scientific fields that exposure to the natural environment can improve human health, while the state of the environment’s health affects human health in many different ways.
The air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we eat are quickly becoming polluted to the point of being unsafe to consume without endangering our well-being. For this reason, the need to reduce acid rain emissions, to stop dumping hazardous wastes, and to slow down deforestation must considered not only from an environmental perspective but also from the perspective of people’s health.
For Geoffrey Donovan, a research forester at the Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station, and his colleagues, the loss of 100 million trees in the eastern and midwestern United States was an unprecedented opportunity to study the impact of a major change in the natural environment on human health…
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