Show 1127: The Health Impact of Environmental Disaster

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2018

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Since 1995, the world has experienced twenty of the hottest years on record. The wildfires raging across western states are expected to burn more acreage than last year’s devastating fires. Hurricanes like Sandy, Harvey, Irma and Maria have caused enormous destruction. And less conspicuously but just as ominous, carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have […]

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Joe Grady. I'm Terry Grady. Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy,
0:07.0	where we bring you the stories behind the health headlines.
0:10.0	This podcast is brought to you by Reddick Industries makers of utterly smooth body cream.
0:16.0	800, 345, 7339 on the web at utter Cream.com. Forest fires are raging in Western states. Coastal flooding has doubled in recent
0:36.8	decades. Are there health effects from such disasters? This is the People's
0:41.8	Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Grayden.
0:44.0	Last year's hurricanes, Harvey, Irma, and Maria were devastating. Puerto Rico is still recovering from the after effects of the storms.
1:00.0	Environmental disruptions have some
1:03.0	have some surprising effects on human health.
1:05.0	Higher levels of carbon dioxide may change the nutritional value of some
1:10.4	staple food crops.
1:12.0	Public officials are also concerned about warmer
1:14.7	temperatures and the impact they can have on vector-born viruses such as
1:19.4	Zika and Dengue as well as Lyme Disease.
1:22.6	Coming up on the People's Pharmacy,
1:24.4	the health effects of environmental change.
1:27.3	First, the news.
1:30.5	In the People's Pharmacy Health Headlines,
1:34.0	Coffee drinkers live longer than abstainers.
1:37.0	That's the conclusion from a large study of half a million people in the UK Biobank.
1:42.0	Participants answered detailed
1:44.1	questionnaires about diet, including coffee consumption, provided samples,
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