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Climate Change and Public Health, Oct 2 7-9 at Belmont Library

Dr. Richard Clapp (Prof. Emeritus BUSPH) will describe the major effects of climate change on public health, including the health effects of extreme weather events such as heat waves, the spread of vector-borne diseases, disruption of food supplies, worsened air pollution and respiratory disease, and the stress of population displacement. He will describe the public health impacts of hurricanes Katrina and Sandy as recent examples from the U.S. Finally, he will present some of the policy options at local, regional and national levels that can reduce future public health impacts of climate change.

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