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Pruitt’s Own Scientist Appointees Challenge EPA Science Restrictions
This article discusses how EPA is proposing to block vital health research in pollution regulations. Members of EPA’s scientific review board, including Pruitt appointees, want it scrutinized.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt faces harsh criticism from members of the agency’s Science Advisory Board (SAB)—including from some he named […]
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High Percentage of Kindergartens Exposed to Transport Pollutants
This article discusses how worsening air pollution from coal power and urban transport are threatening a high percentage of children across the world.
A recent article in New York Times painted Poland as Europe’s climate villain due to its worsening air pollution as well as plans to further build out its […]
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Commentary: Disability and climate change—impact on health and survival
This article discusses how climate change affects people with disabilities. Each of these consequences must be addressed.
Mention “climate change and disability” and many are puzzled — but that lasts only a few sentences into further explanation.
Comprising a significant 10 percent to 15 percent of the global population, people with […]
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Study: New Zealand faces a looming health crisis without proper planning for climate change
This article discusses the health problems that climate change is bringing.
Disease-carrying mosquitoes could become common in the future as New Zealand faces a looming health crisis caused by climate change, a report warns.
Illnesses such as dengue fever could take hold in parts of the country, particularly the North Island, in […]
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‘Allergy explosion’ across much of the country linked to climate change
This article discusses the impact that climate change is having on people’s health, especially allergies. Pollen seasons are getting longer, worse every year. The spring allergy season is hitting much of the country especially hard — and researchers are blaming climate change for more intense pollen counts.
It includes the […]
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Fracking chemicals “imbalance” the immune system
This article discusses the impact that fracking has on people’s health.
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Air pollution linked to fertility treatment failure
This article discusses how air pollution affects fertility treatments.
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Mosquito season could get longer and more hazardous to your health — especially in Miami
This article discusses the impact that climate change is having on Florida residents’ health. Mosquito-borne diseases are increasing as the temperature rises.
Mosquito season has officially arrived in Florida, although many would argue it never left.
That perception may soon become reality, according to new studies that show the higher temperatures […]
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Occupational health physicians respond to climate-change challenges
This article discusses a group of Texas physicians attempts to
Workers whose jobs take them outdoors suffer the worst of Texas’ climate – summer heat and often blistering sun, torrential rain and flooding, the threat of grass fires, air pollution and allergens, diseases borne by water and insects, as well […]
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Coal ash raising concerns over health risks in Puerto Rico
This article discusses the impact that coal ash is having on Puerto Rico. It is not good.
Residents of Guayama, home to Puerto Rico’s only coal-burning power plant for 15 years, have been diagnosed with cancer, heart and respiratory diseases that they fear are related to coal ash exposure. Ivette […]
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