An Overview of Occupational Risks From Climate Change
- Abstract
Changes in atmosphere and temperature are affecting multiple environmental indicators from extreme heat events to global air quality. Workers will be uniquely affected by climate change, and the occupational impacts of major shifts in atmospheric and weather conditions need greater attention. Climate change-related exposures most likely to differentially affect workers in the USA and globally include heat, ozone, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, other chemicals, pathogenic microorganisms, vector-borne diseases, violence, and wildfires.
- Resource Type
- Peer-reviewed article
- Authors
- Katie Applebaum Jay Graham George Gray Peter LaPuma Sabrina McCormick Amanda Northcross Melissa Perry
- Publication
- Current Environmental Health Reports
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 13-22
- Date
- Mar 2016
- DOI
- 10.1007/s40572-016-0081-4
- Organization Type
- Academic
- Health and Human Impacts
- Occupational health Overview/general
- Climate and Environmental Impacts
- Air pollution Heat Wildfires
- Solution
- Behavior change
- Other
- Health surveillance Vulnerable populations