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The human side of global warming
Death, disease, and infection, thanks to our friend climate change |
Joseph Romm |
11 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Daniel J. Weiss and Robin Pam of the Center for American Progress have a new article on the health impacts of global warming. As they explain, 'Some of the most severe health effects linked to global warming include the following': More illness and death resulting from heat waves. Worsening air pollution causes more respiratory and cardiovascular disease. Vector-borne disease infections will rise. Changing food production and security may cause hunger. ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, climate, climate change impacts, health, World Health Organization (all these topics) |
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Getting distracted
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David Roberts |
07 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| There the World Health Organization goes again: Millions of Asians could face poverty, disease, and hunger as a result of rising temperatures and increased rainfall expected to hit hardest poor countries, the World Health Organization warned Monday. Malaria, diarrhea, malnutrition and floods cause an estimated 150,000 deaths annually, with Asia accounting for more than half, said regional WHO Director Shigeru Omi. Guys, please, let's stay focused ... |
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| Topics: Asia, health, severe weather, World Health Organization (all these topics) |
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Look, WHO's Talking
World Health Organization says climate change bad for world health |
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07 Apr 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 6:49 AM on 07 Apr 2008 Officials at the World Health Organization used the occasion of World Health Day today to stress climate change's negative impacts on human health, warning that warming temperatures are already affecting the spread of disease. Increased temperatures have slowly expanded the range of malaria-carrying mosquitoes into new areas, including South Korea and the highlands of Papua Ne ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, health, news, World Health Organization (all these topics) |
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OK, We're Moving to Iceland
World Health Organization ranks countries' environmental health |
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14 Jun 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| OK, We're Moving to Iceland World Health Organization ranks countries' environmental health To those who think environmentalism is all about prioritizing starfish over humans, read on: Cleaning up the globe's air and water could save 13 million lives every year, according to the World Health Organization. Yesterday, WHO released a country-by-country analysis of health issues in 192 nations ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, health, water pollution, World Health Organization (all these topics) |
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How Do You Solve a Problem Like Malaria?
World Health Organization endorses controlled use of DDT to fight malaria |
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18 Sep 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| How Do You Solve a Problem Like Malaria? World Health Organization endorses controlled use of DDT to fight malaria Reversing a 30-year-old policy, the World Health Organization on Friday announced that the pesticide DDT, used indoors in moderation, is critical to fighting malaria, and argued that such use won't harm people or the environment. Applied to the inside walls of dwellings once or twice a year, DD ... |
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| Topics: Africa, news, toxics, World Health Organization (all these topics) |
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DDT Time
DDT poised for a comeback to fight malaria in Africa |
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02 Aug 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| DDT Time DDT poised for a comeback to fight malaria in Africa Hoping to gain ground in the fight against malaria, the World Health Organization will soon endorse the spraying of DDT in small amounts inside homes in afflicted areas. In May, the U.S. Agency for International Development made a similar endorsement. Malaria, spread by mosquitoes, kills as many as a million people a year, 90 percent of them in A ... |
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| Topics: Africa, news, toxics, World Health Organization (all these topics) |
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Batting a Thousand
Scientists trace SARS to bats, blame human mucking with nature |
Katharine Wroth |
29 Sep 2005 |
Main Dish |
| In a move likened to "a microbiological episode of CSI," a team of scientists has uncovered the culprit behind a disease that shook the world -- and that could very well strike again. Researchers announced today that they've traced the global SARS epidemic, which spread to 26 countries and infected thousands of people, to one small creature: the horseshoe bat. Small bat, big ... |
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| Topics: China, health, World Health Organization (all these topics) |
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Death Warmed Over
Climate Change Tied to 150,000 Deaths a Year, WHO Says |
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12 Dec 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Death Warmed Over Climate Change Tied to 150,000 Deaths a Year, WHO Says How's this for classic gloom and doom: Climate change led to 150,000 premature deaths in 2000, and the annual number of such deaths could double in 30 years if current warming trends are not reversed, according to a new report by the World Health Organization. Global warming hits hardest in developing countries and tropical areas, where risi ... |
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| Topics: climate, health, World Health Organization (all these topics) |
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City Sickers
City Dwellers in Asia Face Rising Tide of Pollution-Related Illnesses |
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14 Oct 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| City Sickers City Dwellers in Asia Face Rising Tide of Pollution-Related Illnesses Residents of urban areas throughout Asia will suffer from a broad range of serious health problems unless environmental conditions improve in a hurry, according to the World Health Organization. About 1.5 million Asians die every year from diseases related to air pollution, and many more succumb to si ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, Asia, health, water pollution, World Health Organization (all these topics) |
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Scrambled Eggs
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12 Aug 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Scrambled Eggs If you were looking for good news about endocrine disputers, you're out of luck. A global report by the World Health Organization has found extensive damage to wildlife from endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and could not rule out possible risks for humans as well. EDCs -- which lurk in pesticide residues on food, plastics, household products, and industrial chemicals, among other pla ... |
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| Topics: health, toxics, wildlife, World Health Organization (all these topics) |
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Bangladeath
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15 Jul 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Bangladeath Arsenic has a long and glorious history in the annals of crime fiction, but for the people of Bangladesh, poisoning by arsenic is all too real. With 35 million people drinking arsenic-tainted water, the country is in the midst of what the World Health Organization is calling the "largest mass poisoning of a population in history." Ironically, the problem has its ... |
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| Topics: Bangladesh, health, toxics, water pollution, World Health Organization (all these topics) |
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