LIFESCI 2H03 Lecture 10: LifeSci2H03 - Health Impacts.pdf
14 Oct 2014
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Potential impacts of global climate change on human health. Multiple levels at which climate will impact human health. More climate extremes: floods, powerful storms (hurricanes), more droughts. Will effect all the major food belts of the world. Air quality in many large urban areas will deteriorate. Pressure on the world"s food supply system in higher latitude countries reorganization of global food production leading to major social and economic disruption which has a consequence on human health. Heatwaves and marked short-term increases in mortality trend has been continuing since the 1950s. Periods of intense heat where the days and nights are really hot. People who already have poor health status, becomes increasing issue in august 2003, heat wave in france: caused more than 14,800 deaths. Blue line is the typical pattern and the red line is the daily mortality. More intensive in the urban areas as there is nothing to moderate temperatures. July 22: temperature reached 49oc in woodland hills, california.
