White House: Climate change could put more kids in hospitals
Climate change is driving up the number of children who are living with asthma, according to a new White House report out Friday. The report, which deals with the health impacts of global warming across the U.S., states that asthma rates have more than doubled, and says climate change is to blame. It "is putting those Americans at greater risk of landing in the hospital," the eight-page White House report states.
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"It is disappointing that the White House continues to perpetuate the non-existent linkage between EPA’s new carbon regulations and public health, exploiting legitimate and very serious health concerns for political gain," Laura Sheehan of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity said in statement. "Those suffering from asthma, heart attacks and other ailments deserve transparency and truth from their government; but they are instead being used as a red herring designed to distract consumers from the rising energy costs and threats to power reliability they will face."
