Conference on Human Health and Global Climate Change Summary of the Proceedings (1996) / Chapter Skim
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Background and Overview
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to organize a conference on the potential human health risks posed by global climate change, and strategies to address them-such as global health surveillance, public outreach, and education. Members of the NSTC, OSTP and CEQ foliated a working group to develop a preliminary agenda for the conference and later requested that the IOM join in planning, organizing, and conducting the conference.
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Confinuec! Excerpts from remarks at the Conference on Human Health and Global Climate Change, September 1 1, 1995.
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increase nonmelanoma skin cancer in fair-skinned populations by about 10-20 percent. In addition, there will be an increase in the incidence of cataracts and other eye lesions, and cataracts are already the third-largest cause of preventable blindness in the United States.
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These models, which provide an increasingly good fit between theory and observation of past global climate changes, indicate that, in a world with a~roximateIv twice the current concentration of carbon 1 - · 1 ,1 ~1 ~, , 1 1 , a~ox~ae, tne global mean temperature wall increase by I° to 4°C (2° to 7°F) , with significant regional vanations (e.g., somewhat less warning in the Northern Hemisphere due to air pollution)
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Temperature-related changes in the oceans will affect the world's coral reefs and ocean fisheries. Global agricultural production may be unchanged, although increased production in northern latitudes might be offset by decreases in tropical regions where many populations are already malnourished.
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