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Presentation on present and future health effects of climate change in California with an emphasis on the San Joaquin Valley (this slide set doesn't yet have speaker notes included)
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CLIMATE
and your
HEALTH
Carbon is the building block of life
CHOCOLATE BUTTER
ALCOHOLSTARCH
Everything that was ever alive has carbon in it.
Burning releases the carbon into the air as carbon dioxide
Twice as much CO2 as the earth can handle
…. a blanket which traps the heat of the sun.
Evidence
THE ESSENTIALS
AIR
WATER
FOOD
SAFE PLACE
Case One
9 year old athlete turns into couch potato
GROUND LEVEL OZONE
AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION GAVE MERCED COUNTY AN “F”
Ozone travels. Not just an urban problem.
Ozone Causes and Worsens Asthma
Thurston GD Am J Respir Crit Care Med RMcConnell Lancet.304):386-91.February 1, 1997 vol. 155 no. 2654-660
Inh
aler
Use
3 Sports = Triple Risk
Ozone ppb
CHRONIC OZONE EXPOSURE AND PEDIATRIC ASTHMA ADMISSIONS
Ozone Kills Old People with Chronic Diseases
OZONE LEVEL
DE
AT
HS
Ziska, L. H. and F. A. Caulfield. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, 2000. 27: 893− 898.
PollenHigher Count Longer Season
Mold
US Childhood Asthma RatesTripled 1960-2009
L Akinbami, 2009 National Center for Health Statistics
Fine Particulates During Wildfires
Increased hospitalizations
Decreased Birth Weight
DIOXINSBrain Damage and Cancer
65 year old man with cough for 3 months
CLUE
Endemic (always there) Areas by Skin Test
Valley Fever (Coccidiodomycosis)
and Dust Storms
Valley Fever 2001-2011
1 month old baby turning blue
CLUE
NITRATES: Blue Baby Syndrome Methemoglobinemia
NITRATE CONTAMINATION OF GROUNDWATER
Poor Plant Uptake=More Nitrate Runoff
Arsenic
Low Birth Weight
Neonatal Infections
Abnormal Gene Expression
Cancers
Dust Storm Owens Valley, CA
30 tons arsenic/yearPublic Water Systems Violating EPA Standard
A “run” on diarrhea medicine
CLUE
Sewer Overflows > 1,000 gallonsMarch 2013-March 2014
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/sso/sso_map/sso_pub.shtml
Gastroenteritis and RainfallPediatric ED Visits Wisconsin
Leptospirosis
BLUE GREEN ALGAE BLOOMS
BLUE GREEN ALGAE TOXIC EXPOSURE
Microcystin Trihalomethane
PRIMARY AMOEBIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS(PAM)
STATES WHERE PAM HAS OCCURRED
NEW: Minnesota 2010, Kansas 2011, Indiana 2012
60 year old Latino man with abdominal pain and weight loss
CLUE
LIVER CANCER and LATINOS
US Liver Cancer Rates by Age and Ethnicity
US Rates of Fatty Liver Disease by Ethnicity
Fungal Toxins in Grain Crops 2012
Carcinogenic
Hepatotoxic
Teratogenic
Immunosuppressive
Concentrated by Placenta
Transmitted in Breast Milk
AFLATOXIN
Aflatoxin Biomarkers and Risk Factors for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
RISK FACTORS ODDS of CANCER
+ Aflatoxin Biomarker Alone 7
Chronic Hepatitis B or C 7-28
+ Aflatoxin + Chronic Viral Hepatitis 60
Fatty Liver Hepatitis alone 3-16
+ Aflatoxin + Fatty Liver ?
10% OF US KIDS & 40% OF OBESE US KIDS
HAVE FATTY LIVER
Aflatoxin Biomarkers Highest in Latinos NHANES 1999-2000
Schleicher, 2013
Nutritional Effects of Drought
2011-2013 Price Increases
Algal Toxins in Shellfish
San Mateo, CA
PRE 1972
PRESENT
INCREASE IN COASTAL TOXIC ALGAE BLOOMS
Shellfish Poisoning
Paralytic Amnesic
VIBRIOInfections more than doubled 1998-
2010
68 year old man unable to walk
West Nile Virus Infected Mosquitos
Dengue 1960 2005
DENGUE CASES IN THE AMERICAS 1980-2010
Chagas Disease
68 year old woman with confusion and seizures
EXTREME HEATEurope 2003- 70,000 deaths
2006 HEAT WAVE CARelative Risk of ER Visit Compared with Seasonal Average
HEAT ILLNESS IN CHILDHOOD
Student AthletesPremature births
HEAT AND DROUGHT INCREASE VIOLENCE
30 year heat waves will be every year by 2040
Merced County Days per Year 102+ Degree F
Now 7 2040 19 2070 37 2100 56
+ 2-3 DEGREES
BY 2030
+ 4-6 DEGREES
BY 2050
Carbon Dioxide Is (pretty much) Forever.
Hu
nd
reds
ThousandsTens of Thousands
YEARS TO REMOVE CO2 FROM ATMOSPHERE
EMERGENCY
2030
40% OBESE
44% CV DISEASE
1 in 5 DIABETES
2050 1 in 2 OBESITY AND CV DISEASE, 1 in 3 DIABETES
ME EITHER
HEART DISEASE, OBESITY, DIABETES; CANCERS:PROSTATE, COLON, UTERUS, RECURRENT BREAST
ONE THIRD
CAUSED BY
PHYSICAL INACTIVITY
SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE:
AIR POLLUTION: ASTHMA, CANCER, HEART DISEASE
UNHEALTHY DIET: HEART DISEASE, CANCER, DIABETES, OBESITY
LOW CARB(ON) DIET
IN HALF BY 2030 IN HALF AGAIN BY 2050HOW MUCH? HOW FAST?
CAN WE? YES!OVER 1000 US CITIES LEAD THE WAY
A Healthy Prescription
For Climate Action
CLEAN ELECTRICITYINVEST IN SOLAR, WIND
STOP COAL AND OIL EXPORTS REGULATE POLLUTERS
PUT A PRICE ON CARBON
IMPROVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY
BUILDINGS FUEL ECONOMY CLEAN FUELS
20,000 Heart Attacks PREVENTED 23,000 Deaths each year
SAVED: OVER 100 BILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR
GET CITY PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CARSSMART GROWTH
BIKEWAYS AND WALKWAYSBETTER PUBLIC TRANSIT
10,000 colon cancers215,000 heart attacks PREVENTED570,000 new diabetes cases each year
ANNUAL SAVINGS SF AREA $1.4-22 BILLION/YEAR
HEALTHY FARMS & HEALTHY FOODSSUBSIDIZE SOIL CARBON
SUBSIDIZE CROP DIVERSITYDECREASE FOOD WASTETURN WASTE TO ENERGY
300,000 Heart Attacks/Strokes PREVENTED260,000 New Diabetes Cases each year144,000 Cancer Deaths
A Strong Majority of Americans Want Climate Action
Congresspeople paid by fossil fuel companies don't.
A healthy high quality futureis within our reach
HEALTHY PEOPLE = HEALTHY PLANET
www.climate911.org