38 - Saúde Humana

Os aerossóis representam grandes problemas de saúde pública. Doenças respiratórias, cardiovasculares... É uma preocupação importante na China, por exemplo, onde o uso de carvão é omnipresente. Embora os aerossóis não sejam os únicos a entrar na categoria de "Partículas finas", todos os anos morrem 391 000 pessoas nos países da UE devido à poluição do ar, a qual causa 1,1 milhões de mortes prematuras na Índia e na China.
FONTE: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00114-009-0594-x

Floods can lead to grave sanitary issues : sewers overflow, cholera threatens.

Sunday, August 2, 2020, Florida is preparing for the passage of Isaias, the hurricane that dumped torrential rains on the Bahamas the day before. It could regain strength and test the emergency services of one of the states most affected by the Covid-19 epidemic in the United States. It has more than 480,000 cases detected since the start of the pandemic, surpassing New York, long the epicentre of the American epidemic in the spring, and second only to California, which has twice the population. Due to the weather, the state has had to close Covid-19 testing centres, many of which were set up in tents, in anticipation of the hurricane's arrival, although county testing centres remain open.

630 people died in Californian wildfires in autumn 2018.

Heat waves can be devastating, especially for the elderly.

A bullet is not good for health

Les inégalités limitent l'accès à la nourriture, aux soins, à l'éducation à l'emploi et au logement.

Sources : AR6 WG2 FAQ 8.1 p1263 (p1251) // AR6 WG2 8.2.1.2 p1190 (pp1178)