Oceans, Climate Change, and Human Health - January 29, 2004
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- Introduction
- White Paper
- Video & PowerPoint
Briefing for House of Representatives (PDF)
Dear Colleague Letter from Representatives Farr (D-CA), Weldon (R-PA), Boehlert (R-NY), Allen (D-ME), Greenwood (R-PA), and Gilchrist (R-MD)
Briefing
for Senate (PDF)
Dear Colleague Letter from Senators McCain (R-AZ), Hollings (R-SC),Kerry (D-MA), Snowe (R-ME), Breaux (D-LA), and Kennedy (D-MA)
Made possible through generous support from The Energy Foundation
This briefing will examine the connections between the oceans, human health
and climate change. Humans are vulnerable to many health risks stemming
from the marine environment primarily through the ingestion of contaminated
seafood and direct contact with seawater and sea spray containing toxins.
Various marine and atmospheric processes can affect the distribution and
proliferation of disease-causing organisms. The invited speakers will introduce
the relationships among the oceans, climate change and variability, and
human health, focusing on the impacts of the marine food web and the implications
for human health and nutrition. Understanding of these issues can foster
development of programs and policies that will improve marine resource
conservation, promote development of clean technologies, and improve human
health and treatment of disease.
*Click on speaker
to access online video presentations.
Moderator:
Dr. Paul Epstein, the Center for Health and the Global Environment,
Harvard Medical School.
Panel:
Dr. Ruth Curry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute; “Climate Change
and the North Atlantic” (Powerpoint)
Dr. Virginia Burkett, USGS National Wetlands Research Center; “Sea Level Rise and Storm Surges in Gulf States: Communities, Salinization,
Wetlands and Fisheries” (Powerpoint)
Dr. Phillippe Grandjean, Danish Epidemiologist, Harvard School of Public Health; “Mercury Contamination in Fish, Focusing on Sources Related
to Fossil Fuel Extraction and Combustion” (Powerpoint)
Ms. Cosette Simon, Swiss Re (Powerpoint)
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