Friday, February 20, 2015

6 in 10 Americans Have Given Climate Change and Health 'No Thought'


Has climate change affected your area? You might not think it, but the answer is yes.

"Every American, whether they know it or not, has been affected by climate change," Edward Maibach, the director of George Mason University's Center for Climate Change Communication, told weather.com.

One of the most prominent ways it is already impacting the U.S. is through health. But most Americans have no concept of the complex intersection between their health and the environment, a report, "Public Perceptions of the Health Consequences of Global Warming," published in October 2014, indicated .... http://www.weather.com