| Health Care Problems Heat Up: Climate Change and the Public's Health
Levi, Jeffrey et al.
Trust for America’s Health, October 26, 2009, online edition, 60p (PDF)
"This report finds that only five states have published a strategic climate change plan that includes a public health response. This includes planning for health challenges and emergencies expected to develop from natural disasters, pollution, and infectious diseases as temperatures and sea levels rise. The report examines U.S. planning for changing health threats posed by climate change, such as heat-related sickness, respiratory infections, natural disasters, changes to the food supply, and infectious diseases carried by insects."
Jeffrey Levi is the
executive director of Trust for America’s Health and associate professor in the Department of Health Policy, The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services.
Go to the report at:
http://healthyamericans.org/reports/environment/TFAHClimateChangeWeb.pdf
H10/01-10 posted January 4, 2010
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