Make a difference in the challenge to confront global warming and prevent nuclear war and the development and use of nuclear weapons.
Climate change’s threats to human health and life are growing. Will you join our latest effort to roll back climate change?
As the average global temperature increases, heat waves are expected become more frequent, more intense, and longer lasting. Health problems resulting from exposure to extreme heat include heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke. These conditions are caused by a reduction in, or collapse of, the body's ability to shed heat by circulatory changes and sweating. In especially severe cases of heat stress, death can result. The heat wave that struck Europe in the summer of 2003, claiming the lives of more than 22,000 people, is a tragic example of what may occur more regularly as global warming continues. If a heat wave of similar magnitude were to occur in the United States, heat-related deaths would surge to more than five times the current average. Already, heat waves kill more U.S. residents than any other natural disaster. The elderly, infants and children, people suffering from chronic illness, and the urban poor are especially vulnerable to heat-related illness.
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The Medical and Public Health Impacts of Global Warming (PDF)
Climate change’s threats to human health and life are growing. Will you join our latest effort to roll back climate change?
Many products we buy are seriously toxic – they can disrupt the hormone system, cause cancer, even birth defects. Join us in asking major retailers to remove toxic products from their shelves.
Extreme Weather Impacts on Public Health
Dr. Catherine Thomasson's presentation at the Woodrow Wilson Center on April 10, 2013 on the effects of climate change. Read more »
Climate Change Flyer
Handout was developed by writer Bruni Estrada and graphic designer Daniel Pizarro, in collaboration with Mathias Pollock, Program Coordinator - Student PSR. To see more of Daniel's graphic design work visit http://www.danielpizarro.info. Read more »
States Take the Lead on Toxics Policy Reform
In the absence of federal action, states move forward on toxics legislation. Learn what the states are doing in this month's Environmental Health Policy Institute. Read more »
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