Impact of Climate Change on Human Health

• Impact of Climate Change on Human Health
  There is a connection of climate change to diseases and other threats to human health. Extreme temperatures can directly cause the loss of life. But some diseases appear only in warm areas. Finally, warm temperatures can increase air and water pollution, which can hurt human health. The most direct effect of climate change would be the impacts of hotter temperatures.
  Extremely hot temperatures increase the number of people who die on a given day for many reasons: People with heart problems are weak because their cardiovascular system must work harder to keep the body cool during hot weather. Heat tiredness and some respiratory problems increase. Higher air temperatures also increase the concentration of ozone at ground level. The natural layer of ozone in the upper atmosphere blocks harmful ultraviolet radiation from reaching the earth's surface; but in the lower atmosphere, ozone is a harmful pollution. Ozone damages lung tissue, and causes particular problems for people with asthma and other lung diseases.
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  (1785) Impact of Climate Change on Human Health Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC 20036 http://www.climate.org/topics/health/index.shtml