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Taxonomy Archive: Heat illness/extreme temperature
20 Apr 2018 |
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Heat Advisory: Protecting Health on a Warming Planet
Climate change affects not just the planet but the people who live on it. In this book, physician Alan Lockwood describes how global warming will be bad for our health. Drawing on peer-reviewed scientific and medical research, Lockwood meticulously details the symptoms of climate change and their medical side effects.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change and Extreme Heat: What You Can Do to Prepare
Extreme heat events in the United States are already occurring and expected to become more common, more severe, and longer-lasting as our climate changes. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed this booklet to identify steps that you can take now to prepare ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Temperature Extremes, Health, and Human Capital
The extreme temperatures expected under climate change may be especially harmful to children. Children are more vulnerable to heat partly because of their physiological features, but, perhaps more important, because they behave and respond differently than adults do. Children are less likely to manage their own heat risk and may have ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Racial and socioeconomic disparities in heat-related health effects and their mechanisms: a review
Adaptation to increasing extreme heat in a changing climate requires a precise understanding of who is most vulnerable to the health effects of extreme heat. The evidence for race, ethnicity, income, education and occupation, at the individual and area levels, as indicators of vulnerability is reviewed. The evidence for the social, ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Facing the Future: How Science Can Help Prepare San Diego Regional Leaders for Climate Change
Recent public opinion surveys have found that an overwhelming majority- 84% – of San Diego County residents believe climate change is happening, and almost as many expect the impacts to affect them, thier families and future generations. This report is meant to provide those who live, do business and govern in our region with ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Protecting health of North Carolinians means addressing climate change
Instead of responding to the urgent threat to the health and well-being of our residents, North Carolina has chosen to join 26 other states in suing the Environmental Protection Agency. It is hiding behind a protective order from the U.S. Supreme Court allowing states to hold off on taking measures to stop carbon emissions as […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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LIGHTS OUT IN THE COLD: Reforming Utility Shut-Off Policies as If Human Rights Matter
This report provides a comprehensive overview of common disconnection protections and policies employed by utilities nationwide, explores critical issues that should be considered in the development of disconnection policies, and calls for concrete action toward establishing policies that protect the well-being of all utility ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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San Francisco Department of Public Health Extreme Heat Response Plan: An Annex to the SFDPH Emergency Operations Plan
This report gives an overview of San Francisco’s response to extreme heat events, organized by department and area for specific order of response and command. Heat emergencies are often slower to develop, taking several days of continuous, oppressive heat before a significant or quantifiable impact is seen. Heat waves do not ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Arizona Extreme Weather, Climate, and Health Profile Report Executive Summary
This report focuses on two climate-related hazards and associated health impacts of major importance to Arizona—extreme heat events and air pollution.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate and Health Adaptation Plan 2017: Public Health Guidance for the State of Arizona
This document, released in April 2017, is the first version of Arizona’s Climate and Health Adaptation Plan (ACHAP). The goal of ACHAP is to support the mission of the ADHS: to promote, protect, and improve the health and wellness of individuals and communities in Arizona. In coordinating ACHAP, ADHS intends to support the ...