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Climate change isn’t an intangible future risk. It’s here now, and it’s killing us.
Mon, 2019-08-12 08:25 — Kathy GilbeauxCLICK HERE - Fourth National Climate Assessment
washingtonpost.com - by Kayla Epstein - August 9, 2019
. . . Last year’s National Climate Assessment, compiled by the Trump administration, warned that heat-related deaths would continue to increase. Climate change would cause illnesses such as asthma and hay fever to become more severe, while wildfires and pollution also posed a risk to respiratory health. Rising temperatures would alter the geographic distribution of disease-carrying insects and pests, endangering new populations.
“Climate change is a public health crisis,” Vijay Limaye told The Post. “The science is really strong in telling us that with climate change accelerating, we expect heat waves to be more frequent, more intense and longer.”
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