About this ebook
The book combines a state-of-the-art review of current knowledge of plastics’ harms to human health and the global environment with an exploration of the social consequences and the ethical foundations of the plastics crisis. The book gathers contributions of scientists, ethicists, economists, policy makers, and religious leaders. The plastics crisis is more than an environmental threat, and like climate change, air pollution, biodiversity loss, and escalating inequality, it is also a social and ethical challenge. It is a crisis that demands solutions that are based on the best science but that are also just and ethically sound.
The book combines a state-of-the-art review of current knowledge of plastics’ harms to human health and the global environment with an exploration of the social consequences and the ethical foundations of the plastics crisis. The book gathers contributions of scientists, ethicists, economists, po...
Discover more
About the author
Andrea Vicini, SJ, PhD, is Chairperson, Michael P. Walsh Professor of Bioethics, and Professor of Theological Ethics in the Theology Department at Boston College. He also holds an MD from the University of Bologna and an STD from the Pontifical Faculty of Theology of Southern Italy in Naples. Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc, FAAP, is Director of the Global Public Health and the Common Good program and Director of the Global Observatory on Pollution and Health at Boston College. Karen Bullock, PhD, LICSW, FGSA, APHSW-C, is the Louise McMahon Ahearn Endowed Professor in the Boston College School of Social Work and in the Global Public Health and the Common Good program She is also a John A. Hartford Faculty Scholar.
Andrea Vicini, SJ, PhD, is Chairperson, Michael P. Walsh Professor of Bioethics, and Professor of Theological Ethics in the Theology Department at Boston College. He also holds an MD from the University of Bologna and an STD from the Pontifical Faculty of Theology of Southern Italy in Naples. Phi...
Rate this ebook
Tell us what you think.
Reading information
Smartphones and tablets
Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
Laptops and computers
You can listen to audiobooks purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.
eReaders and other devices
To read on e-ink devices like Kobo eReaders, you'll need to download a file and transfer it to your device. Follow the detailed Help Center instructions to transfer the files to supported eReaders.
