WHO: Climate Change Threatens Millions

[RedEarth]

Source: (AP)

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Millions of people could face poverty, disease and hunger as a result of rising temperatures and changing rainfall expected to hit poor countries the hardest, the World Health Organization warned Monday.

Malaria, diarrhea, malnutrition and floods cause an estimated 150,000 deaths annually, with Asia accounting for more than half, said regional WHO Director Shigeru Omi.

Malaria-carrying mosquitoes represent the clearest sign that global warming has begun to impact human health, he said, adding they are now found in cooler climates such as South Korea and the highlands of Papua New Guinea.

Warmer weather means that mosquitoes' breeding cycles are shortening, allowing them to multiply at a much faster rate, posing an even greater threat of disease, he told reporters in Manila.




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[SpiralHawk]

1. "Whatever. As long as it don't disturb my vacations. Smirk." - Commander AWOL

"We republicons don't need none of this fact-based lib-rul crap. So who cares?'

- Commander AWOL & cabal of corrupt republicon homelanders

[msongs]

2. free condoms and birth control pills for everybody and use them nt

[fascisthunter]

3. Interesting How We Just Had a Couple Posters Disputing the Veracity of Global Warming

and now this report comes out.

[kestrel91316]

4. kestrel: Climate change threatens hundreds of millions. Perhaps billions.

On an encouraging note, I NEVER see any Hummers on the street anymore. The only one I've seen in months is parked down at the corner of Sepulveda and Burbank in the Prk n Sel lot, lol.

But every day I note more and more brand new Priuses too new to even have license plates.

Yay.