Health

How does Climate change affect health?
Climate change can lead to the increase of the ground layer ozone layer. Increase of the ground layer ozone can lead to people dying and respiratory problems. It can cause lung problems by damaging lung tissue and reducing lung function. People with asthma are really affected by this and people with other lung disease are really affected. Climate change can also lead to obnoxious whether that can destroy roads and bridges which can lead to difficulties to getting to the hospital. Climate change can even affect water and food sources by increasing certain bacteria that makes us sick. Because climate change is different around the world, it affects people’s health around the world differently. People here in the U.S can be suffering from respiratory and cardiovascular disease, injuries, and even death because of the extreme new weather conditions, caused by climate change. Because of the increase of heat, drought, air pollution, and wildfires have increased frequently. The increase of precipitation has increased intense storms, and changes in precipitation patterns which affects droughts and the ecosystem. People that live closer to the water can experience the water rising frequently.

Sources:

https://www3.epa.gov/climatechange/impacts/health.html

http://nca2014.globalchange.gov/report/sectors/human-health