Heatstroke. Asthma. Zika. Climate change is helping illness and
disease spread and become more common, a new consortium of medical
groups said Wednesday.
It's not just extreme heat and flooding, but
more intense storms — including blizzards — and a steady warming trend
that lets disease-carrying mosquitoes thrive, the new Medical Society
Consortium on Climate Health said.
The best answer? Cleaner energy, the
consortium said, including agreements to cut carbon dioxide emissions
and develop of solar and wind power.
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