Uniting the Global Gastroenterology Community to Meet the Challenge of Climate Change and Nonrecyclable Waste

Desmond Leddin, M. Bishr Omary, Andrew Veitch, Geoffrey Metz, Naima Amrani, Lars Aabakken, Raja A.R. Ali, Mario R. Alvares-Da-Silva, David Armstrong, Sedat Boyacioglu, Ye Chen, Reda Elwakil, Kwong Ming Fock, Saeed S. Hamid, Govind Makharia, Finlay Macrae, Reza Malekzadeh, Chris J. Mulder, Alejandro Piscoya, Mai Ling PermanAnahita Sadeghi, Roque Sáenz, Jean Christophe Saurin, Amna S. Butt, Kaichun Wu, Yeong Yeh Lee

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Abstract

Climate change has been described as the greatest public health threat of the 21st century. It has significant implications for digestive health. A multinational team with representation from all continents, excluding Antarctica and covering 18 countries, has formulated a commentary which outlines both the implications for digestive health and ways in which this challenge can be faced.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)823-829
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Clinical Gastroenterology
Volume55
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Gastroenterology

Keywords

  • carbon footprint
  • climate change
  • digestive health
  • gastroenterology
  • global
  • liver disease
  • waste

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