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Global Warming Health Threats
Global warming is already affecting human health worldwide -- see who's being affected, and how some are bracing for change.

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Atlanta, GA, 2007-2008
Drought in the Southeastern U.S.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/16/national/main3374984.shtml

Australia, 2007-2008
Historic Heat and Drought
Nitschke M., Tucker G. and Bi P., "Morbidity and mortality during heatwaves in metropolitan Adelaide," MJA 2007; 187: 662-665.

Baltimore, MD, 2001
More Ragweed Pollen
Ziska et al., J Allergy Clin Immunol 2003; 111(2):290-295.

Barcelona, Spain, 2007
Jellyfish Moving Closer to Beaches in Coastal Waters
Associated Press Jun. 12, 2007.

Brisbane, Australia, 2004
Warmer Temperatures and Food Poisoning
D'Souza et al., 2004.

California, July 2006
Heat-Related Deaths and Illnesses
Kozlowski D. and Edwards L., Western Region Technical Attachment, No. 07-05: "An Analysis and Summary of the July 2006 Record-Breaking Heat Wave Across the State of California," Desert Research Institute, Feb. 27, 2007.

Castiglione di Cervia, Italy, Summer-Fall 2007
Chikungunya Outbreak
Rosenthal E., "As Earth Warms Up, Tropical Virus Moves to Italy," The New York Times Dec. 23 2007.

England, 2006
Legionella Outbreak
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20061018/ai_n16782707

Europe, Summer 2003
Extreme Heat Wave
http://www.bepress.com/ils/iss10/art7/ and Stott et al., "Letters to Nature," Nature 2004; 432: 610-614.

Great Lakes, 2004
Harmful Algal Blooms in the Great Lakes
Paerl H.W. and Huisman J., "Blooms like it hot," Science 2008; 320:57-58; "Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia in the Great Lakes Region," NOAA Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research, 2006; and http://www.cop.noaa.gov/stressors/extremeevents/hab/habhrca/GL_fact_09-06.pdf

Kivalina, AK, 2008
Village Relocating Due to Sea Level Rise
Barringer F., "Flooded Village Files Suit, Citing Corporate Link to Climate Change," The New York Times, Feb. 27 2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/27/us/27alaska.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Lake Havasu, AZ, 2007
Fatal Parasites
http://www.cdc.gov/Ncidod/dpd/parasites/naegleria/factsht_naegleria.htm

Los Angeles, CA, 2008
Western Drinking Water Supplies at Risk
2 NRDC reports: In Hot Water (2007), and Hotter and Drier (2008)

Mali, Africa, 1994-2002
Meningitis
Thomson M., Molesworth A., Djingarey M., Yameogo K., Belanger F. and Cuevas L., "Potential of environmental models to predict meningitis epidemics in Africa," Tropical Medicine and International Health 2006; 11(6):781-788; and http://medicine.plosjournals.org/archive/1549-1676/2/1/
pdf/10.1371_journal.pmed.0020006-L.pdf

Miami, FL, 2008
Hurricanes
Saunders MS and Lea AS, "Large contribution of sea surface warming to recent increase in Atlantic hurricane activity," Nature 2008; 451:557-560 and Kossin et al., "A globally consistent reanalysis of hurricane variability and trends," Geophysical Research Letters 2007; 34 (L04815).

Midwestern U.S., Winter 2008
Flooding
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080320_springoutlook.html; and When It Rains, It Pours, 2007, www.EnvironmentAmerica.org.

Mount Kenya, 2006
Malaria
Benali, R., "Bad Blood," ONEARTH Magazine, Winter 2008, p.33.

New England & Mid-Atlantic States, 2007
Extreme Rainfall
Madsen T. and Figdor E.,"When It Rains, It Pours: Global Warming and the Rising Frequency of Extreme Precipitation in the United States," Environment America Research & Policy Center 2007; www.EnvironmentAmerica.org

Peru, 1991
Cholera
All Things Considered, February 26, 2008.

Prince William Sound, AK, 2004
Seafood poisoning
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines07/0225-05.htm

Puerto Rico, 2007
Dengue Fever Outbreak
Morens D.M. and Fauci A.S., "Dengue and hemorrhagic fever: a potential threat to public health in the United States," JAMA 2008; 299(2):214-216.

Savannah, GA, 2008
Poison Ivy Spreading
Savannah Morning News, Jan. 10, 2008; and Mohan et al., PNAS 2006.

Shanghai, China, 2008
Sea Level Rise and Drinking Water Supply
http://carbon-based-ghg.blogspot.com/2008/02/drought-in-china-selection-of-news.html

South Asia, 2007
Flooding Followed by Infectious Diseases
BBC News, Aug. 10, 2007.

Toronto, Ontario, 2007
Lyme Disease
The Toronto Star, Sept. 1, 2007.

Tuvalu, 2008
Sea Level Rise
BBC News, Jan. 22, 2008.

Western forests, 2008
Thriving Insect Pests; Threatened Wildlife Habitat, Increased Wildfire Risks
Logan J.A., USDA Forest Service, http://www.usu.edu/beetle/documents/Logan06_Abstract.pdf; and ONEARTH Magazine, Spring 2008.

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