CLIMATE AND YOUR HEALTH- Rural Version

CLIMATECLIMATE

ANDAND YOURYOUR

HEALTHHEALTH

THE SCIENCE

IS SIMPLE

Carbon is the building block of life

CHOCOLATE CHOLESTEROL

ALCOHOLSTARCH

EVERYTHING THAT WAS EVER ALIVE HAS CARBON IN IT

Burning releases carbon into the air as carbon

dioxide (CO2).

Earth can only absorb half. The rest is building up in our atmosphere

where it blankets our planet, trapping heat from the sun.

WARMERAverage Temperature Increase per Decade

Since 1970

MORE EXTREME

THE BASIC ESSENTIALS

AIR

WATER

FOOD

SAFE PLACE

CASE 1.

A 70 year old man with pain in his chest.

WILDFIRE

Yarnell Hill, AZ July 2013

Wildfire smoke causes heart attacks & strokes

triggers asthma attacks, and worsens emphysema

lowers birth weights

Smoke spreads

Fire in New Mexico Smoke in Denver, CO Memorial Day 2012

Bakersfield, CA

AIR

A

Ozone Irritates the Lungs

Causes and Triggers AsthmaWorsens Emphysema

Kills

POLLEN

more for longer

Poison Oak/Ivybigger plants stronger reactions

MOLD causes asthma and triggers attacks

Rates of allergies and asthma have tripled since the 1960s

von Hertzen L, Hanski I, Haahtela T. Natural Immunity. EMBO Reports 12:1089–1093, 2011

Quest Lab 2011 4 years, 14 million allergy tests

VALLEY FEVER UP 800% SINCE LATE 1990s

Erionite: a mineral carcinogen

Phoenix, AZ 2012

CASE 2.

A month old baby with trouble breathing.

NITRATE IN GROUND WATER

Blue Baby

Public Drinking Water Systemsin Violation of ARSENIC Standard

Groundwater Depletion

Arsenic Level and Cancer Risk

Noblesville, IN

WATER

BLUE GREEN ALGAE BLOOMS

Microcystin Decontamination Byproducts

Lake Erie near Toledo, OH 2011 11 million people drink this.

Amoebic Meningitis2010 2012

Lilly Lake, Stillwater MN

Cedar Rapids, IA 2008 San Antonio, TX 2013

DUMPING OF UNTREATED SEWAGE

Combined Sewer Overflow Pittsburgh, PA Allegheny River

Duluth, MN 2012

Sewage in the streets

LEPTOSPIROSIS

spreads from animals to humans and pets in flood waters

CASE 3.

A 60 year old man with loss of appetite and weight.

AFLATOXINcauses liver cancer

Missouri 2012

AFLATOXINUS EPA LIMIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION

Milk 0.5 ppb Food 20 ppb

Aflatoxin and Liver Inflammation

US Fatty Liver Disease Epidemic

Asians, Native Americans, Latinos, and Blacks

have higher rates of liver cancer

FOOD

Areas of WA, OR, ID that will be too warm for cutthroat trout

SHELLFISH POISONING Vibrio Marine Toxins

CASE 4a.

A 10 year old girl with bruising and bleeding.

CASE 4b.

A 54 year old woman with trouble walking and speaking

WEST NILE VIRUS

DENGUE Central Florida 2012 Patient, Cambodia

Dengue 1960 2005

EXTREME HEAT

FLASH FLOODS

HOMELESSNESS

New York Colorado 2013

CHAGAS DISEASE

Sources of GHG Top 10 causes of death

Air Pollution

HEART DISEASE,OBESITY, DIABETES; COLON CANCER ONE THIRD PROSTATE CANCER, AND

RECURRENT BREAST CANCER DUE TO PHYSICAL INACTIVITY

MEAT EATING CONTEST FIRST PRIZE:Diabetes, Heart Disease, Cancer

ME EITHERME EITHER

http://climateinteractive.org/scoreboardJune 2010 June 2013

If we don't cut our emissions in half by 2030, global temperature will rise 7-12 degrees by 2100

and stay that way for 1,000 years.

A Healthy Prescription

For Climate Action

ACTIVE TRANSPORTATIONSMART DEVELOPMENT

SAFE BIKING AND WALKINGRAPID EFFICIENT PUBLIC TRANSIT

10,000 colon cancers

215,000 heart attacks PREVENTED570,000 new diabetes cases each year

ENERGY EFFICIENT CARS AND HOMESHOME RETROFITS, COMPETITIVE FUEL ECONOMY

ZERO EMISSIONS VEHICLES

118 mpg eqivalent Zero Energy Home

INVEST AND INCENTIVIZE CLEAN ENERGYNO EXPORTS

NO NEW COAL PLANTS COST OF DIRTY ENERGY UP FRONT

20,000 Heart Attacks PREVENTED23,000 Deaths each year

SUBSIDIZE FARMERS WHO GROW WHAT WE SHOULD EAT

300,000 Heart Attacks/Strokes PREVENTED260,000 New Diabetes Cases each year144,000 Cancer Deaths

Take Back Our Government

Active and Public Transportation

Energy Efficient Homes and Cars

Electricity from Clean Alternatives

Healthy Diet

CASE 5

climate911.org

Healthy People

Healthy Planet