Climate Change Takes Particular Toll on At-Risk Communities

Low-income communities, people of color, and "fence-line" communities -- those located near refineries or chemical plants -- experience the health-related consequences of climate change and environmental pollution the most, according to a panelist at the Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health at George Mason University. For instance, when fence-line communities flood, water becomes contaminated with heavy metals, and exposure can lead to kidney damage or even renal failure, said Jewel Crawford, MD, a family physician and assistant clinical professor at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, at the Monday meeting. https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/publichealth/72231?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2018-04-10&eun=g721819d0r&pos=2&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%202018-04-10&utm_term=Daily%20Headlines%20-%20Active%20User%20-%20180%20days