CLIMATE CHANGE

PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN

MULTIPLE POINTS OF IMPACT

Before conception

Pregnancy

Infancy

Child/Teen/Adult

BEFORE CONCEPTIONWhat is stored in our bodies

Build up in body

Stored in Fat

Cross Placenta

Enter Breast Milk

PREGNANCY

Cross Placenta and Harm Fetus

Affect Delivery of Nutrients or Oxygen from Mother to Fetus

Cause Miscarriage

INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD

Retard Growth Prevent Normal

Development Brain Lungs Immune System

Extreme Conditions Infections

TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS

Heat Stroke Obesity Diabetes Liver Disease High Blood

Pressure

BEFORE CONCEPTIONWhat is stored in our bodies

DIOXINS

PCBs

LEAD

MERCURY

PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS

BABY

Low birthweight

Brain Damage

Chromosome Damage

(childhood cancer?)

MOTHER

Cancer

Thyroid Disease

Diabetes

Heart Disease

DIOXINS and WildfiresSmoke from Idaho Fires 2013

DIOXINS and Heavy Rainfall

80% of dioxins entering SF Bay from storm runoff

Poly Chlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)Warming Moves Them North

Vaporize in Warm Air Condense in Cold Air

HEAVY METALS Lead:Hot + Dry = DUST

Tons of Lead Deposited In US Urban Areas1950s-1980s

Blood Levels

Air Levels

Mercury: HEAVY RAIN carries it from land to fish to people

River Miles Under Fish Advisory 1993-2011

Toxic Body Burden US Womenof Childbearing Age

PREGNANCY

WILDFIRE SMOKE

NITRATES/ARSENIC

FUNGUS and ALGAE TOXINS

HEAT WAVES

WILDFIRE SMOKE:

Lower Birth Weight

Impaired Lung Development

Decreased Immunity

Asthma Flare-Ups

Drought and Nitrates

Stillbirth

Miscarriage

Birth Defects

NITRATES: Blue Baby Syndrome Methemoglobinemia

Arsenic

Low Birth Weight

Neonatal Infections

Abnormal Gene Expression

IA WELLS OVER EPA STANDARD

Rahman M, 2013

Childhood Survival and Drinking Water Arsenic Levels

Carcinogenic

Hepatotoxic

Teratogenic

Immunosuppressive

Concentrated by Placenta (x6)

Transmitted in Breast Milk

AFLATOXIN

AFLATOXIN in the US

2012

ALGAE BLOOMS AND TOXINS

California 2012

Blue Green Algae Toxins

Decomposed Algae + Chlorine =“Disinfection Byproducts” in Drinking Water

TRIHALOMETHANE

DIBROMOCHLOROMETHANE

Low Birth Weight

Birth Defects

Spontaneous Abortions

Increased Temperatures and Preterm Births

HEAT AND DROUGHT INCREASE VIOLENCE at ALL LEVELS of SOCIETY

INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD

OZONE MOLD POLLEN LEAD INFECTIONS EXTREME HEAT

Ozone Causes and Worsens Asthma

Thurston GD Am J Respir Crit Care Med RMcConnell Lancet.304):386-91.February 1, 1997 vol. 155 no. 2654-660

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3 Sports = Triple Risk for Asthma

Ozone ppb

Acute exposure increases bronchodilator use

Mold exposure doubles asthma risk,increases ER visits & hospitalizations

Ziska, L. H. and F. A. Caulfield. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, 2000. 27: 893− 898.

PollenHigher Counts Longer Season

US Childhood Asthma RatesTripled 1960-2009

L Akinbami, 2009 National Center for Health Statistics

Child Blood Lead

Gastroenteritis and RainfallCombined Sewer Overflow Pediatric ER GE Visits

P. Drayna et al, Environ Health Perspect.  2010 October;  118(10): 1439–1443.

AMOEBIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS

VEHICULAR HEAT STROKE

40 heat deaths per year

TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS

Heat Illness Air Pollution Physical Inactivity Unhealthy Diet

HEAT STROKE

AIR POLLUTION FROM FOSSIL FUEL: ASTHMA, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE,

VASCULAR DISEASE, CANCER

UNHEALTHY DIET FROMINDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE

OBESITY, DIABETES, HEART DISEASE, CANCER

HEART DISEASE, OBESITY, DIABETES; CANCERS:PROSTATE, COLON, UTERUS, RECURRENT BREAST

ONE THIRD

CAUSED BY

PHYSICAL INACTIVITY

INACTIVE LIFESTYLE:MOTOR VEHICLE DEPENDENCE

IPCC 2014OUR CHOICE OF FUTURES

+ 2-3 DEGREES

BY 2030

+ 4-6 DEGREES

BY 2050

+7-12 DEGREES

BY 2100

MOST VULNERABLE ADULTS

2030

2 in 5 OBESE CV DISEASE

1 in 5 DIABETES

2050 1 in 2 OBESE AND CV DISEASE, 1 in 3 DIABETES

We Can't Adapt EnoughIncreased Heat

Increased Rain and Floods

Increased Fires

Increased Rain/Floods

CARBON DIOXIDE

IS (pretty much)FOREVER.70%

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10% Thousands20% Tens of Thousands

YEARS TO REMOVE FROM ATMOSPHERE

A Healthy Prescription

For Climate Action

LOW CARB(ON) DIET

IN HALF BY 2030 IN HALF AGAIN BY 2050HOW MUCH? HOW FAST?

IOWA can be 100% CLEAN POWER by 2050

CLEAN POWERED IOWA will be SAFER and CHEAPER

HOW ?

LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD

STOP FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES MAKE CARBON POLLUTERS PAY

CHANGE OUR STRATEGYfrom “ALL OF THE ABOVE” to “LEAVE IT ALL BELOW”

PIPELINE SPILLNORTH DAKOTA FARM

LAC MEGANTICQUEBEC

STOP WASTING ENERGY

20,000 Heart Attacks PREVENTED 23,000 Deaths each year

SAVED: OVER 100 BILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR

GET CITY FOLKS OUT OF THEIR CARSSMART GROWTH

BIKEWAYS AND WALKWAYSBETTER PUBLIC TRANSIT

10,000 colon cancers215,000 heart attacks PREVENTED570,000 new diabetes cases each year

ANNUAL SAVINGS SF AREA $1.4-22 BILLION/YEAR

HEALTHY FARMS & HEALTHY FOODSEND FOOD WASTE

REWARD HEALTHY FARMINGPROMOTE LOCAL FOOD

300,000 Heart Attacks/Strokes PREVENTED260,000 New Diabetes Cases each year144,000 Cancer Deaths

AMERICANS WANT CLIMATE ACTION(Clean Air, Liveable Cities, Affordable Healthy Food)

A healthyhigh quality future

is still within reach*

*ACT NOW, we're almost out of time.

HEALTHY PEOPLE = HEALTHY PLANET

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