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20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change health impacts loom large
The world should brace for potentially devastating impacts on human health due to climate change, top policy makers and officials from around the globe meeting in Paris said Thursday.Some of these consequences may be avoided if humanity radically curbs its use of fossil fuels in coming decades, but many are already being felt, they ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Scientist: Fossil fuels’ two-way assault on children’s health needs to stop
Fossil fuels represent a two-pronged attack on the health of children, a leading health scientist has warned. To foster health and well-being in future generations, society needs to dramatically decrease dependence on dirty energy.Frederica Perera (Credit: Columbia.edu) In a commentary released today summarizing the key science ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Short Answers to Hard Questions About Climate Change
The issue can be overwhelming. The science is complicated. Predictions about the fate of the planet carry endless caveats and asterisks.We get it.So we’ve put together a list of quick answers to often-asked questions about climate change. This should give you a running start on understanding the problem.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Will the health dangers of climate change get people to care? The science says: maybe
Climate change is a major public health threat, already making existing problems like asthma, exposure to extreme heat, food poisoning, and infectious disease more severe, and posing new risks from climate change-related disasters, including death or injury.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Southern California leaders to fight climate change’s effects on health
Climate change threatens to undermine the last 50 years in economic development and progress in global public health unless leaders from every sector work to change dependence on fossil fuels, a new report concluded.The report, published Monday in The Lancet, Britain’s medical journal, is considered a major study on climate change ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Worrying weather: roller-coaster temperature swings increase risk of dying, new study finds
People living in places with wildly swinging temperatures are more vulnerable to health problems such as heart attacks, respiratory ailments, and increased heart rate, blood pressure and cholesterol levels
20 Apr 2018 |
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Unraveling the Relationship Between Climate Change and Health
Is climate change a serious threat to human health? Simple logic would suggest the answer is yes, a point that the Obama administration is using to build support for the president’s effort to make climate change a centerpiece of his final months in office. A White House report listed deepening risks. Asthma will worsen, ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Meat is horrible
It may be delicious, but the evidence is accumulating that meat, particularly red meat, is just a disaster for the environment — and not so great for human beings, either.Agriculture today accounts for for one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions — posing one of the biggest challenges to countries desperately trying to curb ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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YouDocs: Climate change is a health issue for YOU!
When Martha and the Vandellas released “Heat Wave” on July 9, 1963, it took the world by storm. Fifty- three years later, as heat waves blister the planet and world- record-busting temperatures have been recorded in nine of the past 10 years, they’re creating serious health challenges for millions of you. The American College ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Trevor Hancock: Assess health impact of our energy systems
The use of vast amounts of energy is one of the defining characteristics of the industrial age. Just how much energy we use was vividly captured by R.J. Gonzalez in a book on energy and the environment in 1976. He described energy utilization in the U.S. as “the equivalent of having 400 mechanical servants working […]