Geoengineering: The Deadly New Global “Miasma”
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2019-06
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Neartotaladherencetofalsescientifictheoriesisthestrikingparallelbetween19thcenturymiasmatheoryassociatedwithcholera,dispelledbyDr.JohnSnow,and21stcentury“miasmas”,namely,theanthropogenic-carbon-dioxide-causeofglobalwarmingtheory,anditspresumed“cure”bygeoengineering,undisclosedjet-sprayingparticulatepollutionintothetroposphere.AnimagepublishedintheNewYorkTimesin2017beganaseriesofdiscoveriesthatpointedtoparticulatepollution,notcarbondioxide,astheprincipalcauseofglobalwarming.Bothindustrialanddeliberatejet-sprayedparticulatepollutionheattheatmosphereandthusreducesatmosphericconvection-efficiency,whichretardsheatlossfromearth’ssurfaceandcausesglobalwarming,concomitantlywreakinghavoconhumanandenvironmentalhealth.Today’s“badair,”ratherthanspreadingcontagion,iscausingapandemicofnon-communicablediseaseNCD’s)anddecimatingournaturalenvironment.Coverttroposphericaerosolgeoengineering,especiallyutilizingcoalflyash,isaprimarycatalystforbothofthesemoderndisasters,anditmustbrecognizedandhalted.Airpollutionistheleadingenvironmentalcauseofdiseaseanddeathintheworld.Combustionproductsoffossilfuelsaremajorcontributorstobothglobalwarmingandairpollution.Thecausesofairpollutionandassociatedrunawayglobalwarmingaremodifiableinashorttime-framebyreducingindustrialandgeo-engineeringparticulatepollution.However,correctiveactionshingeonascientificparadigm-shiftandinternationalcooperationatalllevelsofauthority.Themodern“miasmas”ofcomplacencyencompassingtheuniversaldangersofairpollutionandthedeadlycodeofsilenceonthesubjectofundisclosedgeo-engineeringmustbedispelledifwearetohavea“fightingchance”toconfronttheseglobalpublichealthemergencies.DespiteSnow’sground-breakingwork,thestubbornbeliefin“miasma”asthecauseofinfectiousdiseasepersistedwellbeyondhisdeathintothe20thCentury;ourtimeismuchtooshortnowtodelaychangingcourse
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Aerosols, coalflyash, geoengineering, particulatepollution, pandemic, globalwarming, precautionaryprinciple
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Herndon J. Marvin, Whiteside Mark. Geoengineering: The Deadly New Global “Miasma”. Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research. 2019 Jun; 29(12): 1-8