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 Perman
  • Anahita 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
Publication statusPublished - 2021

Keywords

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

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