EC Paediatrics

The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it." ... Genesis 2:15.

 Introduction

As custodians of our planet we have been bludgeoning it, driven by greed and thirst for power. Our false sense of righteousness is ill founded and has no moral compass. The stark fact is that the misery of global environmental damage is caused by the world's wealthy nations [1]. As a paediatrician, my job is to practice the science and art of preventing disease, treating it and promoting life. I am therefore, acutely aware that this includes tackling the danger to humans that 'plastic tide' poses.

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