global change and health by antje danielson – teli 2013
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TELI 2013
Library UseMo – Th 8:30 AM to 10 PMFr 8:30 AM to 5 PMSa 10 AM to 4 PMSu 2 PM to 10 PM
Resources and Websitehttp://sites.tufts.edu/teli2013/
Film Crew
TELI 2013
Environment Health
ConnectionTeaching
Research / Tools
Communication
Environmental Change
Climate changeChanging rainfall
Storm waterDestruction of infrastructureLoss of crops
Under-nourishmentImpact on vectors
Vector-borne disease
DroughtCrop failure
Malnutrition
FloodingAccess to clean water
Water borne disease
Sealevel riseSalt infiltration in coastal areas
Heat waves Increased mortality
Ocean acidificationHarmful algae bloom (HAB)
Poisoning Skin disease
Stratospheric ozone depletion Skin cancer
Nitrogen and phosphorus cycleN in air and water
Respiratory disease Cardiovascular disease Seasonal allergies Blue baby disease Vector borne diseases
Biodiversity lossEcosystem services loss
Loss in potential cures
Chemical pollution Global freshwater use
Cancer Autoimmune system responses
Atmospheric aerosol loading Asthma Pulmonary disease
Land use changePressure on ecosystems
Zoonotic disease
Finding Just Solutions
It is the world's poor, who bear the biggest disease burdens, and can expect soaring rates of ill health.
This increase will come partly from shifting population dynamics, as people flee flooded coasts or searing deserts for more habitable areas, or from a rise in diseases carried by insects, such as mosquitoes or ticks, with 'vectors' influenced by environmental change, or by violence and crisis due to population pressures, or from the pollution of natural resources critical to human and animal health.
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antje.danielson@tufts.edu
www.environment.tufts.edu
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