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Tip Tuesday: Climate change health risks unique to coastal communities

  • 1.  Tip Tuesday: Climate change health risks unique to coastal communities

    Posted 12-19-2023 08:08:00 AM

    About 128 million people (40% of the U.S. population) live in counties along the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Gulf of Mexico, or Great Lakes. AAMCNews recently highlighted the unique health risks that climate change poses to these coastal communities. They face challenges beyond extreme events, like storms, but also ongoing, gradual changes in temperature, precipitation, and the movement of water. Coastal communities face health risks like:

    1. Water supply contamination
    2. Spreading sewage
    3. Mold growth
    4. Algae growth

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    Looking for more resources like this? Check out the Climate Change and Medical Education resource bundle here in our community. Or, join the open community: Climate Action & Sustainability in Academic Medicine - Thrive (aamc.org)



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    Nicole Buckley
    Communications Strategist
    Association of American Medical Colleges
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