Study shows most health department directors see climate change as looming health threat
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 15:28
in Health & Medicine
A new study from George Mason University reveals that while a majority of U.S. health department directors believe their city or county will have serious public health problems as a result of climate change within the next 20 years, very few of them have planned or implemented activities to detect, prevent or adapt to these health threats.
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