Monday, December 15, 2014

The Health Impacts of Climate Change - Most people have no clue about them

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/12/15/3603519/health-impacts-climate-change-poll/

The health impacts of climate change aren’t on most Americans’ radars, with few Americans able to name a climate-related health impact, according to a new poll.
The poll, released by the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication, found that though a “solid majority” — 63 percent — of Americans think climate change is generally bad for people’s health, most aren’t able to list any particular health impact of climate change. Only about one in four poll respondents were able to list a specific climate-related impact, such as asthma, lung diseases, or death as a result of an extreme weather event. Fewer still could name a different health-related impact: less than 5 percent listed things like allergies, vector-borne diseases, or hunger related to crop failure.

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