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Working Title: Climate Change: A Threat to Future Generations?

Source: Climate Impacts on Human Health, EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/impacts-adaptation/health.html

Climate change and weather can have a relatively high impact on human health all over the world. The

Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, believes that the dangers climate change bring to human health will be

dependent on many factors including “society’s ability to adapt to change.”

Future generations may face many problems that could be detrimental to their overall well-being. Specifically issues

like food shortages, unhealthy air, and polluted water. The spread of diseases will be enhanced because “extreme

events” such as large storms, hurricanes, and flooding would likely disperse many new and old diseases around the

world.

Furthermore, the impacts of heat waves will be crucial to harming the health of many individuals. According to

this website, heat waves are likely to increase greatly and increase the negative impact on human health. The heat

waves will increase the “carbon-monoxide poisoning”, causing the atmospheric air to become extremely

contaminated. Therefore, the number of deaths due to heat strokes will increase massively.

Also, sensitive diseases such as food-borne diseases, water-borne diseases, and animal-borne diseases could

be highly detrimental to society.

Works Cited "Climate Impacts on Human Health." //EPA//. Environmental Protection Agency, n.d. Web. 7 June 2014.