Human survival cannot be left to politicians. We're losing our life support systems

When medical researcher Jonas Salk discovered the Salk Vaccine for polio, it prevented hundreds of thousands of deaths throughout the world.

Jonas Salk warned: "If all insects on Earth disappeared,
 within 50 years all life on Earth would end. If all
human beings disappeared from the Earth, within 50
years all forms of life would flourish."

His work on viruses gave him a deep understanding of the natural world.

He warned "if all insects on Earth disappeared, within 50 years all life on Earth would end. If all human beings disappeared from the Earth, within 50 years all forms of life would flourish”.

Eighty years later, scientists understand these words, but governments do not.

Read the ABC News story by David Shearman - “Human survival cannot be left to politicians. We're losing our life support systems.”