Entries by WMN Editors

The Myths of Food and Water

January/February 2010  ISBN-1059-6518  Volume 23 Number 5 The Myths of Food and Water  By Frank Hubbell, DO If you read the travel log on our medical missions trip to Haiti, you probably noticed that towards the end of the trip we made a mistake and ate a “mystery meat” sandwich on the bus ride across […]

Solar Water Disinfection

January/February 2010  ISSN-1059-6518  Volume 23 Number 1   Solar Water Disinfection As has already been reported by National Geographic and CNN, a simple solar method for disinfecting water using those ubiquitous clear “disposable” water bottles has been making waves. Developed by the Swiss-based aquatic research institute, EAWAG, and promoted under the banner of SODIS (short […]

Special Issue for the People and Rescuers in Haiti

The November/December issue of the Wilderness Medicine Newsletter was originally to be an issue dedicated to Celiac disease. However, due to the magnitude of the disaster in Haiti, we felt that the most direct way that we could help was to pull together a number of articles that pertain specifically to disaster management and make […]