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Health effects of climate change in New Zealand.
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Health Effects of Climate Change
CLIMATECLIMATE
AND AND HEALTHHEALTH
NEW ZEALAND IS WARMINGDeparture from Historic Average
1860-2010
WARMER WINTERS HOTTER SUMMERS
2050 2100
MORE DROUGHTHEAVY RAIN
2050 2100
BIGGER STORMS
EXTREME HEAT
Burnett RT, Am J Epidemiol.2001 Nov 1;154(9):817-26
Tasmania Future Heat Waves
Annual Number Duration
White CJ, Grose MR, Corney SP, Bennett JC, Holz GK, Sanabria LA, McInnes KL, Cechet RP,White CJ, et al 2010, Climate Futures for Tasmania: extreme events technical report, Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, Hobart, Tasmania.
FOOD POISONING
Water Temperature and Vibrio in North Island Oysters
RED TIDEGoat Island Reserve August 2012
BLUE GREEN ALGAE Lake Tutira, Hawkes Bay RED
Recent Shellfish Closures
MOSQUITO BORNE INFECTIONS:
DENGUE FEVER: Annual Cases Australia
Dengue Spread in the Americas
1960-2005
AEDESaegypti albopictus
Current habitat for Aedes aegypti
Potential Hotspots Aedes aegypti 2050
Suitable Habitat for Aedes albopictus
2005 2050
Potential Hotspots Aedes Albopictus 2050
WARMER LAKESAmoebic Meningitis
CDCwww.cdc.gov/parasites/naegleria/state-map.html 8/16/12
WATER LEVEL LAKE WAIKAREFebruary 2013
CLIMATE REFUGEESAustralia Jan 2013 Tuvalu
POLLEN:Higher Levels
Ziska, L. H. and F. A. Caulfield. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, 2000. 27: 893− 898.
Longer Allergy Season
TEMPERATURE AND GROUND LEVEL OZONE
AUCKLAND AIR QUALITY
Ozone 1996-2008
Beta agonist Use in Asthmatic Children Increases with Ozone Level
Summertime haze air pollution and children with asthma. Thurston GD Am J Respir Crit Care Med February 1, 1997 vol. 155 no. 2654-660
Less dust mite antigen needed to drop FEV1 20% followinginhalation of ozone
Association of ambient ozone exposure with airway inflammation and allergy in adults with asthma. Khatri, SB 2009 Oct;4 J Asthma 6(8):777-85.
DROUGHTWairarapa 2009
HungerWaikato 2008
DUST STORMSAustralia Auckland
Sept 2009
Valley FeverCoccidiodomycosis
A Comrie. Environ Health Perspect.2005 June;113(6): 688–692.
Meningococcal Meningitis
WHO Atlas of Health and Climate 2012
Groundwater ToxicityBlue Baby NZ Nitrate Levels
Waikato Groundwater Contaminants
Nitrate Pesticides
BUSH FIRES
Tasmania January 2013
Increased ED Visits forCardiac and Pulmonary Conditions
A. Rappolt et al, Environ Health Perspect. 2011 October; 119(10): 1415–1420
COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWWhangarei every winter
Gastroenteritis and RainfallPediatric ED Visits Wisconsin
P. Drayna et al, Environ Health Perspect. 2010 October; 118(10): 1439–1443.
FLOODSKaeo 2012
Mold
Leptospirosis
Monthly Rainfall and Leptospirosis
Y-L Chou, CDC Emerg Infect Dis May 2008.
CO2 BLANKET TRAPS SUN’S HEAT.
HUMAN ACTIVITY
PROGNOSIS:International Panel on Climate Change Scenarios
BEST WORST
PUBLIC HEALTHEMERGENCY
4-6 DEGREES BY 2100
ETIOLOGY:
CO2 POLLUTION
A public health approach to climate change
REGULATE OR TAX CO2 EMISSIONS as a substance harmful to human health
ENERGY RETROFIT every building
INVEST in development of CLEAN ENERGY
BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE for ACTIVE and PUBLIC
Transportation
Active commuting is inversely correlated with obesity
NHS Annual SavingsLondon Active Travel
OUR CHOICE
Act now. There is no Planet B.
