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Health Effects of Climate Change THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
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Wendy Ring MD, MPH
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WARMER WINTERS
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HOTTER SUMMERS
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RECORDBREAKING EXTREMES
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CASE ONE 72 year old woman with fever and confusion.
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HEAT WAVE: Nationwide July 2011
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CASE TWO 54 year old woman who can't walk or talk.
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WEST NILE VIRUS: New York to California
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DENGUE FEVER: Key West, FL 2009-10
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Kissing Bug Chaga's Disease
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Hanta Virus Lyme Disease
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CASE THREE 10 year old boy who quit playing soccer.
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OZONE: Bakersville, CA 2012
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POLLEN: Eugene, OR 2012
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DROUGHT: Texas 2011
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WILDFIRE Colorado Springs 2012
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NITROGEN OXIDES: New Mexico 2011
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CASE FOUR A citywide outbreak of “stomach flu”.
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FLOODING: Louisville, KY 2011
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COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW New York, NY
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West Haven, CT Duluth, MN 2011 2012
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MASS MIGRATION
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DIAGNOSIS: DIAGNOSIS: CO2 POLLUTION
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BURNING FOSSIL FUEL RELEASES CO2 INTO AIR
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CO2 BLANKET TRAPS HEAT
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It's us.
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It's U.S.
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International Panel on Climate Change Scenarios
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International Panel on Climate Change Scenarios BEST WORST
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We are on track for the worst case scenario
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Temperature Rise By 2100 7-12 degrees F
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Feedback Loops
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The Treatment QUIT SMOKING FOSSIL FUELS
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CO2 2030 50% below 1990 2050 80% below 1990
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CORN
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NATURAL GAS
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Clean Renewable Energy
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Energy Efficient Buildings
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Low Carbon Transport
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Smart Growth
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Active Transportation
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Aid to Developing Countries
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WE CAN
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Greensburg, KS
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Portland, OR
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OUR CHOICE
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Act now. There is no Planet B.
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