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

Saeed S. Hamid

doi:10.1097/MCG.0000000000001619

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

Saeed S. Hamid

Department of Medicine, Medical College, Pakistan

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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 language	English
Pages (from-to)	823-829
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
Volume	55
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/MCG.0000000000001619
Publication status	Published - 2021

Keywords

carbon footprint
climate change
digestive health
gastroenterology
global
liver disease
waste

UN SDGs

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

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