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CLIMATE CHANGE PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN
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How climate change affects children from preconception to adolescence
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CLIMATE CHANGE
PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN
MULTIPLE POINTS OF IMPACT
Before conception
Pregnancy
Infancy
Child/Teen/Adult
BEFORE CONCEPTIONWhat is stored in our bodies
Build up in body
Stored in Fat
Cross Placenta
Enter Breast Milk
PREGNANCY
Cross Placenta and Harm Fetus
Affect Delivery of Nutrients or Oxygen from Mother to Fetus
Cause Miscarriage
INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD
Retard Growth Prevent Normal
Development Brain Lungs Immune System
Extreme Conditions Infections
TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS
Heat Stroke Obesity Diabetes Liver Disease High Blood
Pressure
BEFORE CONCEPTIONWhat is stored in our bodies
DIOXINS
PCBs
LEAD
MERCURY
PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS
ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS
BABY
Low birthweight
Brain Damage
Chromosome Damage
(childhood cancer?)
MOTHER
Cancer
Thyroid Disease
Diabetes
Heart Disease
DIOXINS and WildfiresSmoke from Idaho Fires 2013
DIOXINS and Heavy Rainfall
80% of dioxins entering SF Bay from storm runoff
Poly Chlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)Warming Moves Them North
Vaporize in Warm Air Condense in Cold Air
HEAVY METALS Lead:Hot + Dry = DUST
Tons of Lead Deposited In US Urban Areas1950s-1980s
Blood Levels
Air Levels
Mercury: HEAVY RAIN carries it from land to fish to people
River Miles Under Fish Advisory 1993-2011
Toxic Body Burden US Womenof Childbearing Age
PREGNANCY
WILDFIRE SMOKE
NITRATES/ARSENIC
FUNGUS and ALGAE TOXINS
HEAT WAVES
INFECTIONS
WILDFIRE SMOKE:
Lower Birth Weight
Impaired Lung Development
Decreased Immunity
Asthma Flare-Ups
Drought and Nitrates
Stillbirth
Miscarriage
Birth Defects
NITRATES: Blue Baby Syndrome Methemoglobinemia
Arsenic
Low Birth Weight
Neonatal Infections
Abnormal Gene Expression
IA WELLS OVER EPA STANDARD
Rahman M, 2013
Childhood Survival and Drinking Water Arsenic Levels
Carcinogenic
Hepatotoxic
Teratogenic
Immunosuppressive
Concentrated by Placenta (x6)
Transmitted in Breast Milk
AFLATOXIN
AFLATOXIN in the US
2012
ALGAE BLOOMS AND TOXINS
California 2012
Blue Green Algae Toxins
Decomposed Algae + Chlorine =“Disinfection Byproducts” in Drinking Water
TRIHALOMETHANE
DIBROMOCHLOROMETHANE
Low Birth Weight
Birth Defects
Spontaneous Abortions
Increased Temperatures and Preterm Births
HEAT AND DROUGHT INCREASE VIOLENCE at ALL LEVELS of SOCIETY
Infections
Ten fold rise in Valley Fever
INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD
OZONE MOLD POLLEN LEAD INFECTIONS EXTREME HEAT
Ozone Causes and Worsens Asthma
Thurston GD Am J Respir Crit Care Med RMcConnell Lancet.304):386-91.February 1, 1997 vol. 155 no. 2654-660
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3 Sports = Triple Risk for Asthma
Ozone ppb
Acute exposure increases bronchodilator use
Mold exposure doubles asthma risk,increases ER visits & hospitalizations
Ziska, L. H. and F. A. Caulfield. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, 2000. 27: 893− 898.
PollenHigher Counts Longer Season
US Childhood Asthma RatesTripled 1960-2009
L Akinbami, 2009 National Center for Health Statistics
Child Blood Lead
Gastroenteritis and RainfallCombined Sewer Overflow Pediatric ER GE Visits
P. Drayna et al, Environ Health Perspect. 2010 October; 118(10): 1439–1443.
AMOEBIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS
VEHICULAR HEAT STROKE
40 heat deaths per year
TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS
Heat Illness Air Pollution Physical Inactivity Unhealthy Diet
HEAT STROKE
AIR POLLUTION FROM FOSSIL FUEL: ASTHMA, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE,
VASCULAR DISEASE, CANCER
UNHEALTHY DIET FROMINDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE
OBESITY, DIABETES, HEART DISEASE, CANCER
HEART DISEASE, OBESITY, DIABETES; CANCERS:PROSTATE, COLON, UTERUS, RECURRENT BREAST
ONE THIRD
CAUSED BY
PHYSICAL INACTIVITY
INACTIVE LIFESTYLE:MOTOR VEHICLE DEPENDENCE
IPCC 2014OUR CHOICE OF FUTURES
+ 2-3 DEGREES
BY 2030
+ 4-6 DEGREES
BY 2050
+7-12 DEGREES
BY 2100
MOST VULNERABLE ADULTS
2030
2 in 5 OBESE CV DISEASE
1 in 5 DIABETES
2050 1 in 2 OBESE AND CV DISEASE, 1 in 3 DIABETES
We Can't Adapt EnoughIncreased Heat
Increased Rain and Floods
Increased Fires
Increased Rain/Floods
CARBON DIOXIDE
IS (pretty much)FOREVER.70%
Hu
nd
reds
10% Thousands20% Tens of Thousands
YEARS TO REMOVE FROM ATMOSPHERE
A Healthy Prescription
For Climate Action
LOW CARB(ON) DIET
IN HALF BY 2030 IN HALF AGAIN BY 2050HOW MUCH? HOW FAST?
IOWA CLEAN POWER by 2050
EFFICIENCY WIND,WATER,SOLAR
CLEAN POWERED IOWA will be SAFER and CHEAPER
HOW ?
LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD
STOP FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES MAKE CARBON POLLUTERS PAY
CHANGE OUR STRATEGYfrom “ALL OF THE ABOVE” to “LEAVE IT ALL BELOW”
PIPELINE SPILLNORTH DAKOTA FARM
LAC MEGANTICQUEBEC
STOP WASTING ENERGY
20,000 Heart Attacks PREVENTED 23,000 Deaths each year
SAVED: OVER 100 BILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR
GET CITY FOLKS OUT OF THEIR CARSSMART GROWTH
BIKEWAYS AND WALKWAYSBETTER PUBLIC TRANSIT
10,000 colon cancers215,000 heart attacks PREVENTED570,000 new diabetes cases each year
ANNUAL SAVINGS SF AREA $1.4-22 BILLION/YEAR
HEALTHY FARMS & HEALTHY FOODSEND FOOD WASTE
REWARD HEALTHY FARMINGPROMOTE LOCAL FOOD
300,000 Heart Attacks/Strokes PREVENTED260,000 New Diabetes Cases each year144,000 Cancer Deaths127,000 Cardiovascular Deaths
ANNUAL SAVINGS: $17 BILLION ON CARDIOVASCULAR CARE ALONE
AMERICANS WANT CLIMATE ACTION(Clean Air, Liveable Cities, Affordable Healthy Food)
A healthyhigh quality future
is still within reach*
*ACT NOW, we're almost out of time.
HEALTHY PEOPLE = HEALTHY PLANET
www.climate911.org
