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Climate Change and Public Health

Climate Change and Public Health. United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works 25 February 2009. Howard Frumkin, M.D., Dr.P.H., Director National Center for Environmental Health / Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Climate Change and Public Health

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  1. Climate Change and Public Health United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works 25 February 2009 Howard Frumkin, M.D., Dr.P.H., Director National Center for Environmental Health / Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  2. Mitigation:The need for Health Impact Assessment

  3. Potential Health Effects of Climate Change Climate change: • Temperature rise • Sea level rise • Hydrologic extremes

  4. Heat: A well understood threat

  5. Infectious diseases: Complex, much to learn Parola P, Socolovschi C, Jeanjean L, Bitam I, Fournier P-E, et al. (2008) Warmer weather linked to tick attack and emergence of severe rickettsioses. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2(11): e338. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000338

  6. Range of suitable conditions for Ixodes scapularis, the Lyme disease vector Source: Hess J, Malilay JN, Parkinson AJ. Climate change: The importance of place. Am J Prev Med 2008;35:468-78.

  7. Mental health:The need for a holistic approach

  8. Food:The need to look “upstream”

  9. Public Health Action on Climate Change:Key Steps • Surveillance and data collection • Modeling and forecasting • Direct actions to protect the public • Communication • Training and capacity building • Research

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