Journal article
All Health is Local: Biodiversity, Ethics, and Human Health
Ethics, policy & environment, v 18(1), pp 1-15
01 Jan 2015
Featured in Collection : UN Sustainable Development Goals @ Drexel
Abstract
It is reasonable to assume that future generations will have the same concerns we have about combating disease and illness. Natural compounds have historically been potent sources of medications. Current synthetic identification and production processes are not generating the volume of novel medications predicted, which has prompted a call to return to diverse natural sources. Biodiversity loss threatens our ability to fight off current and future infections by removing powerful potential sources of biologically active compounds needed to spur medication development for cancer, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and antibiotic resistant tuberculosis. International and economic policy should embrace principles of sustainable biodiversity while simultaneously providing market incentives for compliance and innovation in order to maximize the health and wellbeing of current and future generations.
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- Title
- All Health is Local: Biodiversity, Ethics, and Human Health
- Creators
- Matthew Butkus - McNeese State University
- Publication Details
- Ethics, policy & environment, v 18(1), pp 1-15
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 15
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems; Drexel University
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000212136400001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84928498440
- Other Identifier
- 991019415773204721
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