Climate Change is Biggest Health Threat to Children of 21st Century

Published November 06, 2009 @ 09:24AM PT

Climate change could kill up to 400,000 children a year. That's the assessment of Save The Children who explain that not only will does climate change represent a huge global health problem that will kill hundreds of thousands every year, but it's singled out as the biggest health threat to children in the 21st century. Save the Children estimate that up to 175 million a year will be effected as natural disasters increase over the next decade.

There of course is no-one immune to climate change, and no immunization being developed, or hopes that the Gates Foundations can step in and fund research to diagnose the causes. We know the causes, and know some things to can do to fight it. We are relying on governments to pass strong climate change legislation, cut emissions, and help the developing world do the same. If this doesn't happen, deaths by diarrhea will increase to kill an extra 100,000 kids every year, whilst malnutrition, which today effects 178 million, will hit another 25 million children by 2050.

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