Seven Modern Plagues: and How We Are Causing Them

3.5 stars. I received this ARC from Netgalley. The more I read about this topic, the more, really, I despair at how destructive humankind is. Walters demonstrates how, due to our careless actions (oftentimes motivated by greed and money-hungry motivations) not only are we destroying our environment but ourselves.
Among the diseases highlighted are Mad Cow, HIV/AIDS, Salmonella, Lyme, Hantavirus, West Nile, and pandemic flu. A lot of these diseases would have been avoidable, or would not have reached pandemic proportions if humankind hand only restrained themselves or respected the environment.
Waters doesn't bog the text down with incomprehensible medical jargon; it was very easy to understand the links between disease, lifestyle and the environment.
Highly recommended.