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(Human impacts on our planet have become so profound)

Human impacts on our planet have become so profound

(that many researchers now favor a new name for the current epoch:the Anthropocene.)

that many researchers now favor a new name for the current epoch:the Anthropocene.

(The underlying premise of this term is that essentially every Earth system,)

The underlying premise of this term is that essentially every Earth system,

(from the deep oceans to the upper atmosphere, has been significantly modified by human activity.)

from the deep oceans to the upper atmosphere, has been significantly modified by human activity.

(Yet, viewed through an environmental health lens)

Yet, viewed through an environmental health lens

(which recognizes the critical links)

which recognizes the critical links

(between human health and the food we eat, the water we drink, and the air we breathe)

between human health and the food we eat, the water we drink, and the air we breathe

(humans' growing influence on the planet threatens the very long-term survival of our species.)

humans' growing influence on the planet threatens the very long-term survival of our species.

("There's a bit of a paradox that we're seeing for the last 100 to 150 years,")

"There's a bit of a paradox that we're seeing for the last 100 to 150 years,"

(says Michael Myers, managing director for health at the Rockefeller Foundation.)

says Michael Myers, managing director for health at the Rockefeller Foundation.

("Exploitation of the environment has contributed to human health.)

"Exploitation of the environment has contributed to human health.

(By exploiting Earth's resources, we have a more comfortable existence,)

By exploiting Earth's resources, we have a more comfortable existence,

(and our life spans have increased considerably.)

and our life spans have increased considerably.

(But we're now at a tipping point in which the exploitation of the environment)

But we're now at a tipping point in which the exploitation of the environment

(is beginning to have a negative impact on human health.")

is beginning to have a negative impact on human health."

(The same natural systems that have benefited us for so long, he says, are now beginning to collapse.)

The same natural systems that have benefited us for so long, he says, are now beginning to collapse.

(From this realization has come another new term: planetary health.)

From this realization has come another new term: planetary health.

(There is a significant overlap between planetary health and traditional environmental health;)

There is a significant overlap between planetary health and traditional environmental health;

(both examine the relationship between human health and conditions)

both examine the relationship between human health and conditions

(and exposures originating outside the body, be they extreme temperatures, chemicals,)

and exposures originating outside the body, be they extreme temperatures, chemicals,