Saturday, November 12, 2011

Groundbreaking study quantifies health costs of climate-change related disasters in the US

Link: Groundbreaking study quantifies health costs of climate-change related disasters in the US

Health costs exceeding $14 billion dollars, 21,000 emergency room visits, nearly 1,700 deaths, and 9,000 hospitalizations are among the staggering impacts of six climate change-related events in the United States during the last decade, according to a first-of-its-kind study published in November 2011 edition of the journal Health Affairs.

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