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Prepare for Public Health Challenges of Global Warming
Target: Mike Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services
Sponsored by: Environmental Defense Fund
Sponsored by: Environmental Defense Fund
We are all too familiar with the consequences of global warming.
But how many of us know the public health threats that exist? The World Health Organization estimates that 150,000 people die every year from the effects of climate change, and millions more suffer from illness, malnutrition and other health problems due to a warming planet.
A new Environmental Defense Fund report, Are We Ready? Preparing for the Public Health Challenges of Climate Change, reveals critical gaps in our public health system's ability to respond to growing health threats from climate change.
Now, help make public health preparedness a top priority! Send a message to the Secretary of Health and Human Services today!
But how many of us know the public health threats that exist? The World Health Organization estimates that 150,000 people die every year from the effects of climate change, and millions more suffer from illness, malnutrition and other health problems due to a warming planet.
A new Environmental Defense Fund report, Are We Ready? Preparing for the Public Health Challenges of Climate Change, reveals critical gaps in our public health system's ability to respond to growing health threats from climate change.
Now, help make public health preparedness a top priority! Send a message to the Secretary of Health and Human Services today!
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If one issue is most important in solving the climate crisis, this is it.
If one issue is most important in solving the climate crisis, this is it.
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Climate change already is evident in the weather patterns and it will only get worse. We must prepare now for all the consequences that Global Warming will bring.
Climate change already is evident in the weather patterns and it will only get worse. We must prepare now for all the consequences that Global Warming will bring.
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The changes related to global warming will be far reaching, past our best imagination. Already we are seeing unprecedented heat waves which are killing hundreds, droughts and floods of century proportions are occurring regularly, and insect infestations are killing off trees, birds and other wildlife. All have various effects on the human body, and we must begin serious preparations now.
The changes related to global warming will be far reaching, past our best imagination. Already we are seeing unprecedented heat waves which are killing hundreds, droughts and floods of century proportions are occurring regularly, and insect infestations are killing off trees, birds and other wildlife. All have various effects on the human body, and we must begin serious preparations now.
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It's necesary that you do changes in orden to other coutries do the same.
It's necesary that you do changes in orden to other coutries do the same.
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How about the fact that severe weather is now occurring at record rates??? Ban plastic bags!
How about the fact that severe weather is now occurring at record rates??? Ban plastic bags!
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