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The National Assessment
Overview and
Foundation
Reports were produced by the
National
Assessment Synthesis Team, an advisory committee chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, and were not subjected to OSTP's Information Quality Act Guidelines. The National Assessment was forwarded to the
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Publications
by the National Assessment Synthesis Team
Links to Material from the Health Assessment Group
Related Articles from the National Assessment's
Newsletter, Acclimations.
Issues Covered
The human health sector looked at how climate affects human health in
the United States and at how climate change and variability might affect
our health. For example, heat waves can cause death and illness,
especially among the elderly poor. Air pollution, which is worse in hot
weather, can make people with respiratory disease sicker and can make
breathing harder for everyone. People can be hurt or even killed in severe
storms and floods, or can be made sick by unclean storm water. A change in
climate might increase the risk of exposure to disease-carrying rodents
and insects.
Assessment Approach
The health sector team analyzed scientific research and government data
on and how climate change might affect our health. In addition, the team
developed a limited number of quantitative models of projected or possible
future health impacts, where reliable data were available. The eleven
members of the health sector team came from a range of government,
academic, and private institutions, including the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Johns Hopkins University
School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School, the University of South
Florida, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the
Electric Power Research Institute.
Co-chairs |
- Jonathan Patz, Johns Hopkins University
- Michael McGeehin, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Coordinating Federal Agency |
United States Environmental Protection Agency |
Agency Representative |
Joel Scheraga, United States Environmental Protection Agency |
Project Director |
Susan Bernard, Johns Hopkins University |
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