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The Hidden Health Hazards of Climate Change
FromClimate One
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Length:
53 minutes
Released:
Jan 13, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
Climate change isn’t just an environmental problem – it’s also a health hazard. Air pollution and
changing weather patterns give rise to heat-related illnesses, asthma and allergic disorders.
Hurricanes and other disasters leave hospitals scrambling to save patients without power and
resources. According to the Centers for Disease Control, insect-borne diseases have tripled in
the United States in recent years – and warmer weather is largely to blame. Jonathan Patz, of
the Global Health Institute calls climate change “one of the most important public health
challenges of our times.
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changing weather patterns give rise to heat-related illnesses, asthma and allergic disorders.
Hurricanes and other disasters leave hospitals scrambling to save patients without power and
resources. According to the Centers for Disease Control, insect-borne diseases have tripled in
the United States in recent years – and warmer weather is largely to blame. Jonathan Patz, of
the Global Health Institute calls climate change “one of the most important public health
challenges of our times.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Jan 13, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Peter Barnes, Tomales Bay Institute, Co-Founder of Working Assets by Climate One