Carbon Pollution Could Make Your Sandwich Less Healthy

MoreNational Climate Report Is a Study in ExtremesObama Administration Releases Major Climate Change ReportStudy: The Latest Victims of Climate Change Are Snail ShellsThe massive National Climate Assessment (NCA) that came out yesterday was full of sobering lessons about the way that human-caused global warming is changing life around us. That includes human health: the report found that rising temperatures could exacerbate air pollution and allergies, including asthma, while worsening wildfires and killer heat waves. More extreme weather—including frequent heavy downpours—can raise the risk of food and waterborne illness, and allow disease-carrying pests like deer ticks and mosquitoes to expand their range. MoreClimate Change Is Here — But That Won’t Make Americans CareObama to Arkansas Tornado Survivors: Your Country Is Here For YouFlight MH370 Families: We Have No Faith in Missing Jet Probe NBC NewsMen Charged With Toppling Ancient Rock Formation Avoid Jail Time Huffington PostComet Outlives Predictions Weather.comNow a new study published today in the journal Nature offers the most direct evidence yet of a significant health threat associated with climate change: less-nutritious crops. Researchers led by Dr. Samuel Myers at the Harvard University School of Public Health looked at how rising levels of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide will impact staple foods like wheat, maize and soy. They found that as CO2 increases, the levels of vital minerals like zin...
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