Climate change is
impacting human health. An obvious effect of a warmer environment is more
frequent and severe heat waves. During the European heat wave of 2003, therewere an estimated 35,000 more deaths than normal in the first two weeks of
August.
Many of the deaths resulted from cardiovascular complications among the
elderly. As heat waves become more commonplace in the future, so will the
number of heat strokes and the onset of other cardiovascular problems. Higher
summertime temperatures also increase tropospheric ozone concentrations which
in turn affects people with asthma and causes lung and heart damage. Increases
in the levels of photochemical pollutants like ozone are associated with a
warming world. Read more>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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