Global Warming to Cause Irreversible Health Risks

Found this in the USA Today Green News Feed: Feds: Climate change to cause ‘irreversible’ health risks by Dan Vergano

In summary.. the Environmental Protection Agency released a report detailing increased and ‘irreversible’ health issues directly linked to global Warming. It was noted in the article the release of the report has been postponed since April for Political reasons.

More or less, global warming which is causing the severe shifts in the worlds weather patterns, which is causing an increase in droughts,wildfires, floods, hurricanes and other natural disasters, is now being correlated to increases in health risks like Hantavirus, asthma, salmonella, Giardia, heat stroke and more.

“If you read between the lines,” says Sen. Barbara Boxer, (D-Calif.), “this EPA report on the health effects of climate change provides further evidence that our families and communities are seriously endangered by global warming, and that we must act now. Unfortunately, as the Bush Administration made clear last week, they have no plan to address this serious threat.”

Barbara Boxer is absolutely right… we need to act now. We should have been acting 3 months ago because now half the country is under water, California is nearly up-in-smoke and also in a drought.