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Your membership supports PSR's work to reduce global warming, eliminate toxics in our environment and abolish nuclear weapons. YOU make our work possible. Thank you.
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Below, you will find detailed information, resources, and opportunities to take climate-protective action.
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"Temperature extremes most directly affect health by compromising the body's ability to regulate its internal temperature. Loss of internal temperature control can result in a cascade of illnesses…also worsen chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, cerebrovascular disease, and diabetes-related conditions. Prolonged exposure to high temperatures is associated with increased hospital admissions for cardiovascular, kidney, and respiratory disorders." |
Extreme heat will continue unless we slow climate change. That means we must change our energy policies. Advocate for the Clean Power Plan, our nation's broadest, most far-reaching proposed policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and slow down climate change.
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![]() This figure shows the relationship between high temperatures and deaths observed during the 1995 Chicago heat wave. The large spike in deaths in mid-July of 1995 (red line) is much higher than the average number of deaths during that time of year (orange line), as well as the death rate before and after the heat wave. This increase in the rate of deaths occurred during and after the heat wave, as shown here by temperatures exceeding the 100 degree F during the day (green line). Humidity and high nighttime temperatures were also key contributing factors to this increase in deaths (Karl, T. R., and R. W. Knight, 1997). The number of excess deaths has been estimated to be about 700 based on statistical methods, but only 465 deaths in Cook County were classified as "heat related" on death certificates during this same period, demonstrating the tendency of direct attribution to undercount total heat-related deaths(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1995). (Figure source: EPA, 2012) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1995: Heat-related mortality--Chicago, July 1995. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 44, 577-579 |
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