Mother Nature is trying to kill you
by Dan Riskin · first published 2014
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Using the seven deadly sins as a road map, Riskin offers dozens of jaw-dropping examples that illuminate how brutal nature can truly be and shows ways this deadly world has shaped us as humans and what our responsibilities are to this terrible, wonderful planet we call home.
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> natural consequences Also see Mother Nature Is Trying to Kill You by Dan Riskin.
on “The 72-hour scramble to save the United States from a banking crisis” ↗The author of the book Mother Nature is Trying to Kill You had a story like that; he managed to pick up a parasitic fly infection while abroad and had to convince health care workers to cut out the larvae from under his skin.
on “Two German airport workers die of malaria after 'mosquito arrives on plane'” ↗