Marking a New Understanding of Climate and Health

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA

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Citation: Birnbaum LS, Balbus JM, Tart KT. 2016. Marking a new understanding of climate and health. Environ Health Perspect 124:A59; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1611410
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Final Publication: 1 April 2016

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The month of April brings two observances of significance for many readers of EHP: National Public Health Week and Earth Day. The first recognizes the importance of prevention efforts in maintaining the health of our nation’s people; the second, our reliance on and obligation to the health of the planet. This year, April also marks the expected final release of a report that brings the convergence of these two ideas into sharp focus. The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment (http://www.globalchange.gov/health-asses​sment), or Climate and Health Assessment, marks a leap forward in our understanding of the public health implications of climate change.
The report, developed by the U.S. Global Change Research Program as part of its sustained National Climate Assessment process, is the first major U.S. assessment of the scientific literature on climate change and human health since 2008. The assessment breaks new ground by providing quantitative proje...

Source: EHP Research - April 1, 2016 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Web Admin Tags: Editorial April 2016 Source Type: research