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20 Apr 2018 |
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Doctors call for state ban on drilling and fracking
The Pennsylvania Medical Society has called for a moratorium on new shale gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing and is urging the state to establish an independent health registry and start studying fracking’s public health impacts.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Saving Energy, Saving Lives: The Health Impacts of Avoiding Power Plant Pollution with Energy Efficiency
People are harmed by power plant pollution even when they cannot see the smoke stacks. A report by the American Lung Association found that in recent years more than 125 million people – 4 out of every 10 Americans – were exposed to unhealthy levels of air pollution, much of which came from power plants. […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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The Tampa Declaration on Climate and Health
At the Climate and Health Equity Symposium sponsored by the W. Montague Cobb/NMA Health Institute, National Medical Association, the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, and Physicians for Social Responsibility – Florida, on January 27, 2018 in Wesley Chapel, Florida, members of health professional organizations, ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Health Impact Assessment: Minimizing the Health Effects of Climate Change in the South Florida Region
The HIA has the potential to describe the magnitude and distribution of climate changeJrelated health impacts for a portion of the 5.6 million residents in Broward, Miami Dade, Palm Beach and Monroe counties. Therefore, an understanding of the widespread impact of SLR and heat waves on the health of millions of constituents will be ...