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20 Apr 2018 |
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The Impact of Recent Heat Waves on Human Health in California
This study examines the health impacts of recent heat waves statewide and for six subregions of California: the north and south coasts, the Central Valley, the Mojave Desert, southern deserts, and northern forests. By using canonical correlation analysis applied to daily maximum temperatures and morbidity data in the form of ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Full cost accounting for the life cycle of coal
Each stage in the life cycle of coal-extraction, transport, processing, and combustion-generates a waste stream and carries multiple hazards for health and the environment. These costs are external to the coal industry and are thus often considered “externalities.” We estimate that the life cycle effects of coal and the ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Identifying the public health benefits of livestock-dependent, agro-ecosystems under climate change
As the demand for meat continues to grow in South Asia and Africa and access to communal sources of water and forage shrinks, intensification of small-scale livestock systems in peri-urban areas is expected to expand. In South East Asia, smallholder transition to livestock intensification has been transformative, increasing economic ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Exposure to multiple metals from groundwater-a global crisis: geology, climate change, health effects, testing, and mitigation
This paper presents an overview of the global extent of naturally occurring toxic metals in groundwater. Adverse health effects attributed to the toxic metals most commonly found in groundwater are reviewed, as well as chemical, biochemical, and physiological interactions between these metals. Synergistic and antagonistic effects ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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The challenge of health & environment: profiling risks & strategic priorities for now & the future
A substantial burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases in the developing countries is attributable to environmental risk factors. WHO estimates that the environmental factors are responsible for an estimated 24 per cent of the global burden of disease in terms of healthy life years lost and 23 per cent of all deaths; ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Minimization of heatwave morbidity and mortality
Global climate change is projected to increase the frequency and duration of periods of extremely high temperatures. Both the general populace and public health authorities often underestimate the impact of high temperatures on human health. To highlight the vulnerable populations and illustrate approaches to minimization of health ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Health co-benefits and transportation-related reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in the Bay Area: Technical Report
A public health research team recently developed the Integrated Transport and Health Impacts Model (I-THIM) that makes it possible to estimate the health co-benefits and potential harms from active transport and low carbon driving in urban populations. The California Department of Public Health partnered with the developers of ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Marking a New Understanding of Climate and Health
With the release of the Climate and Health Assessment, the climate change and public health communities will now have a greatly enhanced base of integrated knowledge demonstrating how our environment and our health interact. If acted on in comprehensive and innovative ways, this enhanced understanding can point the way towards ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Using a Social Justice and Health Framework to Assess European Climate Change Adaptation Strategies
Climate change puts pressure on existing health vulnerabilities through higher frequency of extreme weather events, changes in disease vector distribution or exacerbated air pollution. Climate change adaptation policies may hold potential to reduce societal inequities. We assessed the role of public health and social justice in ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Schools, climate change and health promotion: a vital alliance
Through an ongoing project, we have been reviewing the literature addressing school planning for climate change related ecological disruptions and disasters, particularly for the special needs of children with disabilities. We have also examined related state education department policies from across Australia. Our preliminary ...