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NEBRASKA ON THE EDGE:
Climate change and human health
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CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL
Evidence
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Carbon is the building block of life
CHOCOLATE BUTTER
ALCOHOLSTARCH
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Everything that was ever alive has carbon in it.
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Burning releases the carbon into the air as carbon dioxide
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which forms a blanket around the earth trapping the heat of the sun.
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USDA Plant Hardiness Zones
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THE ESSENTIALS
AIR
WATER
FOOD
SAFE PLACE
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Case One
9 year old athlete turns into couch potato
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Ozone increases with temperature
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Ozone increases with coal exports
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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
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Ozone Kills older people with chronic diseases
OZONE LEVEL
DE
AT
HS
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Omaha's Ozone Summers
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Ziska, L. H. and F. A. Caulfield. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, 2000. 27: 893− 898.
PollenHigher Count Longer Season
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Mold Causes and Worsens Asthma
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US Childhood Asthma RatesTripled 1960-2009
L Akinbami, 2009 National Center for Health Statistics
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5 year old boy hyperactive at home and school
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Seasonal Variation in Air Lead and Soil
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Seasonal Variation in Childhood Blood Lead
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ACHIEVEMENT TESTS AND LEAD LEVELS
Blood Lead
Pro
bab
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of
Lo
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core
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ELEVATED AIR LEAD 2011 EPA
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Omaha Lincoln Alliance Beatrice Fremont
NE Towns with ChildhoodLead Poisoning Risk
Grand Island Hastings Harvard Nebraska City Scottsbluff
Nebraska Dept of Health and Human Services
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2 month old with diarrhea and constant crying
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Iowa Women's Health StudyThyroid Cancer Related to Nitrates in Water
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NITRATESNebraska Wells Over EPA Standard (red)
Nitrate Impaired Rivers and Streams (black)
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Poor Plant Uptake=More Nitrate Runoff
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Arsenic in Drinking Water
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“Extremely More”Water Stressed by 2025
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BLUE GREEN ALGAE BLOOMS
BIOTOXIN: Microcystin
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BLUE GREEN ALGAE TOXIN POISONINGS
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AMOEBIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS
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Primary Amoebic Encephalitis
NEW: Minnesota 2010, Kansas 2011, Indiana 2012
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25 year old woman with diarrhea for 2 weeks
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Imported ProduceIrrigated With Reclaimed Water
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AFLATOXINMissouri 2012
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2008
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Fungal Toxins in Grain Crops 2012
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68 year old man unable to walk
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West Nile Virus Neuroinvasive Cases
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Mosquitos carrying West Nile Virus
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Dengue 1960 2005
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DENGUE CASES IN THE AMERICAS 1980-2010
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Dengue Mosquitos
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Public Health Capacity Infectious Disease Outbreaks
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EXTREME HEATEurope 2003 70,000 deaths
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HEAT AND DROUGHT INCREASE VIOLENCE
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Severe Heat Waves were every 30 years will be EVERY YEAR by 2040.
Journal of Great Lakes Research 36 (2010) 65–73 K Hayhoe
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+ 2-3 DEGREES
BY 2030
+ 4-6 DEGREES
BY 2050
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Carbon Dioxide Is (pretty much) Forever.
Hu
nd
reds
ThousandsTens of Thousands
YEARS TO REMOVE CO2 FROM ATMOSPHERE
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EMERGENCY
2030
40% OBESE
44% CV DISEASE
1 in 5 DIABETES
2050 1 in 2 OBESITY AND CV DISEASE, 1 in 3 DIABETES
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ME EITHER
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HEART DISEASE, OBESITY, DIABETES; CANCERS:PROSTATE, COLON, UTERUS, RECURRENT BREAST
ONE THIRD
CAUSED BY
PHYSICAL INACTIVITY
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ASTHMA, CANCER, HEART DISEASE
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HEART DISEASE, CANCER, DIABETES, OBESITY
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IN HALF BY 2030 IN HALF AGAIN BY 2050
HOW MUCH? HOW FAST?REDUCING OUR EMISSIONS
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A Healthy Prescription
For Climate Action
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OVER 1000 US CITIES COMMITTED TO THE 2005 KYOTO PROTOCOL
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CLEAN ELECTRICITYINVESTMENT
STOP DIRTY EXPORTS REGULATE POLLUTERS
PUT A PRICE ON CARBON
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IMPROVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY
BUILDINGS FUEL ECONOMY
CLEANER LEANER FUELS
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20,000 Heart Attacks PREVENTED 23,000 Deaths each year
SAVED: OVER 100 BILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR
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GET CITY PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CARSSMART GROWTH
BIKEWAYS AND WALKWAYSBETTER PUBLIC TRANSIT
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10,000 colon cancers215,000 heart attacks PREVENTED570,000 new diabetes cases each year
ANNUAL SAVINGS SF AREA $1.4-22 BILLION/YEAR
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HEALTHY FARMS & HEALTHY FOODSSUBSIDIZE SOIL CARBON
SUBSIDIZE CROP DIVERSITYDECREASE FOOD WASTETURN WASTE TO ENERGY
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300,000 Heart Attacks/Strokes PREVENTED260,000 New Diabetes Cases each year144,000 Cancer Deaths
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We can have a healthyhigh quality future
if we act now.*
*but we're almost out of time.
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HEALTHY PEOPLE = HEALTHY PLANET
www.climate911.org