presentation for women's clubs about climate and maternal/child health
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Health Effects of Climate Change
THE CLIMATE
AND
YOUR HEALTH
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Carbon is the building block of life
CHOCOLATE CHOLESTEROL
ALCOHOLSTARCH
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EVERYTHING THAT WAS EVER ALIVE HAS CARBON IN IT
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Burning releases carbon into the air as carbon
dioxide (CO2).
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Earth can only absorb half. The rest is building up in our atmosphere
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where it blankets our planet, trapping heat from the sun.
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Bakersfield, CA
AIR
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WILDFIREYARNELL HILL, AZ JULY 2013
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WILDFIRE SMOKETRIGGERS ASTHMA ATTACKS AND INCREASES ER VISITS
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INHALED BY PREGNANT WOMEN: LOWERS BIRTH WEIGHTS
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SMOKE TRAVELS FAR
FIRE IN NEW MEXICO SMOKE IN DENVER, CO MEMORIAL DAY 2012
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OZONE
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IRRITATES THE LUNGS
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CAUSES ASTHMA IN ACTIVE KIDS
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POLLENMORE FOR LONGER
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MOLD CAUSES ASTHMA AND TRIGGERS ATTACKS
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ALLERGY AND ASTHMA HAVE TRIPLED
von Hertzen L, Hanski I, Haahtela T. Natural Immunity. EMBO Reports 12:1089–1093, 2011
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HOT DRY WEATHER INCREASES CHILDREN’S BLOOD LEAD
Laidlaw. Environ Health Perspect. 2005 June; 113(6): 793–800.
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HALF A MILLION US KIDS HAVE BRAIN DAMAGE FROM
LEAD
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NOBLESVILLE, IN
WATER
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BLUE BABY FROM NITRATE IN DRINKING WATER
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COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW
PITTSBURGH, PAALLEGHENY RIVER
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LEPTOSPIROSIS passes from wild animals and livestock to humans and pets when urine
washes into puddles and flood waters
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BLUE GREEN ALGAE BLOOMS
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BLUE GREEN ALGAE TOXINS CAUSE HEPATITIS AND LIVER CANCER
CAN KILL DOGS AND SMALL CHILDREN
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AMOEBIC MENINGITIS2010 2012
Lilly Lake, Stillwater MN
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FOOD
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AFLATOXIN
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CROP MYCOTOXIN MAP 10/12
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MERCURY AND PCBS
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If we don't cut our emissions in half by 2030, global temperature will rise 8 degrees by 2100
and stay that way for 1,000 years.
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A HEALTHY PRESCRIPTION
For Climate Action
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20,000 HEART ATTACKS PREVENTED23,000 DEATHS EACH YEAR
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10,000 COLON CANCERS
215,000 HEART ATTACKS PREVENTED570,000 NEW DIABETES CASES EACH YEAR
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300,000 HEART ATTACKS/STROKES PREVENTED260,000 NEW DIABETES CASES EACH YEAR144,000 CANCER DEATHS
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