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applegrove

(118,021 posts)
Mon Apr 4, 2016, 11:05 PM Apr 2016

Climate Change Will Make Us Sicker And Make Our Food Less Nutritious

Climate Change Will Make Us Sicker And Make Our Food Less Nutritious
by Kate Sheppard at the Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/climate-change-public-health-effects_us_5702a379e4b0a06d5806444f?utm_hp_ref=politics

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The report notes, for example, that climate change is likely to compromise the food we eat, with higher concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere bringing down the nutritional value of crops like wheat and rice. Meanwhile, temperature and weather changes could increase the risk of foodborne illnesses like salmonella and norovirus.

The report also projects that by 2030, extreme heat during the summer months could cause the yearly number of premature deaths in the U.S. to climb 11,000 higher than the number measured in 1990. By 2100, the report says, that number could rise as many as 27,000 premature deaths higher than the 1990 figure.

Allergies and asthma already affect many Americans, but warmer temperatures, longer pollen seasons and air pollution can make those issues much worse. The research also found that ragweed pollen season has already grown longer in the U.S., increasing by up to 27 days between 1995 and 2011.

Climate change is also causing vector-carrying mosquitos and ticks to expand their range in North America, and widening the yearly window for the transmission of certain diseases.



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Climate Change Will Make Us Sicker And Make Our Food Less Nutritious (Original Post) applegrove Apr 2016 OP
kick, kick, kick.... daleanime Apr 2016 #1
There is a reason southern climates are poor. Disease, water problems, etc. applegrove Apr 2016 #3
...... daleanime Apr 2016 #4
and why has this not been mentioned in a single debate? hollysmom Apr 2016 #2
Climate change hasn't been mentioned in a single debate? CreekDog Apr 2016 #6
sorry republican debate - but nothing important is ever discussed there/ hollysmom Apr 2016 #7
But of course! Look at all the auto-immune diseases. Lodestar Apr 2016 #5
hillary will save us SoLeftIAmRight Apr 2016 #8

daleanime

(17,796 posts)
1. kick, kick, kick....
Mon Apr 4, 2016, 11:19 PM
Apr 2016

And as long as money is in control of our political system we will be kept from making any of the changes we need to have any chance of addressing the problem.

applegrove

(118,021 posts)
3. There is a reason southern climates are poor. Disease, water problems, etc.
Mon Apr 4, 2016, 11:28 PM
Apr 2016

Last edited Tue Apr 5, 2016, 12:32 AM - Edit history (1)

Poor soil quality. All related to climate. Why want more of that? I mean there is a brain eating amoeba working it's way north in lakes.

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