{"id":460,"date":"2008-04-09T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2008-04-09T17:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2008\/04\/09\/health_dangers_from_gw\/"},"modified":"2008-04-09T12:00:18","modified_gmt":"2008-04-09T17:00:18","slug":"health_dangers_from_gw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2008\/04\/09\/health_dangers_from_gw\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Health: Dangers from Global Warming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src='https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/7\/files\/2008\/02\/sheryl_canter.jpg' height=\"80\" alt='Sheryl Canter' align=\"left\" hspace=\"8\" class=\"blogAuthorPic\" \/><i>This post is by Sheryl Canter, an online writer and editorial manager at Environmental Defense Fund.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Global warming can endanger your health in many different ways. The <a href=\"http:\/\/edf.org\/page.cfm?tagid=1405\">more intense storms<\/a> it brings not only cause direct loss of life, but also illness and death from contaminated food and water. Heat waves can cause lethal heat strokes, and also ozone smog that triggers breathing problems.<\/p>\n<p>For more on where the dangers lie and what you can do to protect yourself, check out our article on <a href=\"http:\/\/edf.org\/page.cfm?tagID=20916\">Health Dangers from a Warming Planet<\/a>, part of our coverage of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nphw.org\/nphw08\/default.htm\">National Public Health Week<\/a> and the impact of climate change on our nation&#8217;s health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post is by Sheryl Canter, an online writer and editorial manager at Environmental Defense Fund. Global warming can endanger your health in many different ways. 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