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Nathaniel DeNicola, MD, MSHPACOG Environmental Health ExpertAAP Executive Counil on Environmental HealthACOG LiaisonFIGO Working Group Reproductive Health & EnvironmentDirector of Earth Day Campaign World Health Organization Pollution-Free Generation Advisor
The Climate Crisis and Pregnancy
Bruce Bekkar, MDBoard certified Ob-GynChair, Public Health Advisory Council, Climate Action CampaignAdvisory Committee, Climate for Health Ambassadors program, ecoAmericaLead author, Association of air pollution and heat exposure and preterm birth, low birth weight and stillbirth in the US, JAMA Network Open, June 18, 2020
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“Climate change is the defining issue of our age. Our response will define our future. To ride this storm we need all hands on deck.”
Former UN Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, opening address to the UN Climate Summit, 2014
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"Without question, climate change has a disproportionate effect on global women’s health, as it broadens existing gender-based health disparities.”
Policy Statement on Climate ChangeAmerican College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
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Fracking and Low Birthweight: Dose Response
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Air Pollution and Preterm Birth: Knock-Out Test: 27% Reduction in PTB
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We’ve done it before..
ü1970 – Comprehensive Clean Air Actü1970 – Earth Dayü1970 – Environmental Protection Agency ü1971 – Doctors Without Bordersü1972 – DDT Banned ü1972 – Clean Water Actü1973 – Unleaded Gas
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Many Toxic Exposures Cannot Be Controlled by Individual Action
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Coronavirus Has Cut China's Carbon Emissions by 100 Million Metric Tons
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We must doit againü 2013 – ACOG Committee Opinion Toxic
Environmental Exposuresü 2016 – AAP Technical Report Climate Changeü 2016 – Project TENDRü 2017 – Medical Society Consortium on Climate
and Healthü 2018 – “Single-use” is Merriam-Webster Word
of the Yearü 2020 – 50th Anniversary of Earth Day
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No special training required..
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Healthy Mom, Healthy Baby…
Begins with a Healthy Environment