Blogs
1. Extreme heat-related diseases
As a result of climate change the temperature in different parts of the world is changes. This means that countries like Canada, who are located higher up in the northern hemisphere, will start to have extremely warm weather. With this new type of weather also comes diseases (mainly tropical diseases). The heat will also allow disease-carrying organisms like mosquitoes and rodents to spread to a much larger area.
2. Water-borne diseases due to severe weather
As a result of severe weather such a floods, many of our waterways have become polluted. Also, the warmer temperatures are helping the spread of waterborne diseases. For example, the warm weather near Lake Ontario helps waterborne pathogens to spread or flourish.
3. Increases in vector-borne diseases
As mentioned before disease-carrying organisms like mosquitoes and rodents to spread to a much larger area. The larger the area the more breeding locations, and the more breeding locations the more disease carriers.
Recently the West Nile Virus and Lyme disease seem to have posed a greater risk to Torontonians.
4. Poor air quality
The warmer temperatures increases the pollen counts. It is found that increased levels of carbon dioxide causes more weeds to grow and helps individual weed to release more pollen.
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/issues/climate-change/s...
http://www.cleanairpartnership.org/pdf/climate_cha...
