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20 Apr 2018 |
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Quiz: How Much Do You Know About the Health Impacts of Climate Change?
Understanding the threats that climate change pose to human health can help us work together to lower risks and be prepared. Take this quiz to see how much you know about the health impacts of climate change.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change and Human Health Risks in Your State
Climate change poses risks to human health. In the United States, we are already seeing rising temperatures, increased frequency and intensity of some types of extreme weather, sea level rise, and other changes in weather and climate patterns (for more, see EPA’s climate indicators).We are all vulnerable to the health impacts ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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How Will Climate Change Affect My Health?
Examples of how climate change can affect your health at different stages of your life.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Principles Regarding Climate Change
The American Medical Student Association:1. BELIEVES that global warming is one of the major threats to public health and health equity in our time and that all sectors of society, especially the health professional community, must be engaged in solutions to the climate crisis. (2009)2. BELIEVES that stabilization of climate change ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Column: Here are some real but so far unconsidered consequences of climate change
When we say that the mean global temperature will rise by a couple of degrees, the normal reaction of people would be, “So what?” and some may even say that it may be good for the colder areas. Or when we say that we will lose some coastal land because of sea level rise, many […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Is there anything worse for our health than fossil fuels?
Do health organisations have a moral duty to pull their money out of fossil fuels? The recently published Unhealthy Investments report argues that they do.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments
Our website is the home of the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE) and is THE place for nurses to gather essential environmental health information, connect with other nurses, and join in the activities of ANHE. Explore our communities (how topic areas are arranged) and start making positive changes!.
20 Apr 2018 |
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American Medical Student Association
The American Medical Student Association (AMSA), with a half-century history of medical student activism, is the oldest and largest independent association of physicians-in-training in the United States. Our strength is giving power to medical students to take action and create change about issues that they care about. AMSA focuses ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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American Public Health Association
APHA champions the health of all people and all communities. APHA strengthens the public health profession by speaking out for public health issues and policies backed by science. The only organization that influences federal policy, APHA has a 140-plus year perspective and brings together members from all fields of public health.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Center for Health & the Global Environment
CHanGE (The Center for Health and the Global Environment) envisions a world of individuals, communities, and nations with the knowledge, capacity, and tools to effectively and efficiently manage the risks global environmental change is presenting to human health and well-being. We consult on and conduct research around all aspects of ...