The Rising Tide of Ocean Plagues: How Humans are Changing the Dynamics of Disease
February 20, 2006 @ 01:47 PM (EST)
Source: Innovations-report.com
A leading group of epidemiologists, veterinarians and ecologists report that humans are affecting the oceans in ways that are changing the dynamics of disease. Previously harmless pathogens are becoming killers when combined with contaminants; "good" parasites that invisibly control the balance of species in an ecosystem are disappearing; and changes in sea surface temperature can trigger cholera outbreaks thousands of miles away...
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