Archive: Wed Dec 2021

Volume 23/2, December 2021, pp. 1-5  |  PDF Hope R. Ferdowsian In 1946, the Constitution of the World Health Organization defined health as “a state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease…

Volume 23/2, December 2021, pp. 7-11  |  PDF Himani Bhakuni Introduction Almost two decades ago, in light of mounting evidence of the extinction of various species and biodiversity hotspots, Brian Baxter, in A Theory of Ecological…

Volume 23/2, December 2021, pp. 13-20  |  PDF Mia Macdonald Abstract This essay argues that the global response to COVID-19 should lead to new thinking and action, and specifically, a new relationship with the nonhuman world that is…

Volume 23/2, December 2021, pp. 21-33  |  PDF Delcianna J. Winders and Elan Abrell Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a bright light on industrial slaughterhouses in the United States and their impacts on the vulnerable…

Volume 23/2, December 2021, pp. 35-47  |  PDF Kimberly Bernotas, Laurie Sellars, and Jeff Sebo Abstract COVID-19 is a reminder that human, nonhuman, and environmental health are linked, and so efforts to improve human, nonhuman, and…

Volume 23/2, December 2021, pp. 49-61  |  PDF Leah Utyasheva and Lovleen Bhullar Abstract Pesticide exposure and poisoning among children can lead to devastating long-lasting health effects that impact their human rights, with…