US Climate and Health Alliance

Epidemiologist: Climate Change Is A Health Crisis

Abstract

Climate change isn’t just an environmental problem. If you ask Michael McGeehin, climate change is a health crisis. McGeehin is an epidemiologist who spent more than 30 years at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He developed the CDC’s Climate Change Program. McGeehin was recently in Miami for an international epidemiology conference. And he spoke with Health News Florida about how public health is threatened by changing rain patterns, sea level rise and heat waves:

Resource Type
Audio/video/movie clip
Performer
Michael McGeehin
Resource URL
http://wlrn.org/post/epidemiologist-climate-change-health-crisis
Date
July 1, 2016
Organization Type
News
Health and Human Impact
Overview/general
Climate and Environmental Impact
Overview/general
Region
Southeast
Other
Advocacy

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