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. 2021 Nov-Dec;55(10):823-829.
doi: 10.1097/MCG.0000000000001619.

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

Desmond Leddin  1 , M Bishr Omary  2 , Andrew Veitch  3 , Geoffrey Metz  4 , Naima Amrani  5 , Lars Aabakken  6 , Raja A R Ali  7 , Mario R Alvares-da-Silva  8 , David Armstrong  9 , Sedat Boyacioglu  10 , Ye Chen  11 , Reda Elwakil  12 , Kwong-Ming Fock  13 , Saeed S Hamid  14 , Govind Makharia  15 , Finlay Macrae  16 , Reza Malekzadeh  17 , Chris J Mulder  18 , Alejandro Piscoya  19 , Mai Ling Perman  20 , Anahita Sadeghi  17 , Roque Sáenz  21 , Jean-Christophe Saurin  22 , Amna S Butt  14 , Kaichun Wu  23 , Yeong Yeh Lee  24
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Uniting the Global Gastroenterology Community to Meet the Challenge of Climate Change and Nonrecyclable Waste

Desmond Leddin et al. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2021 Nov-Dec.

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.

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