Environmental Friday: Climate Change, Your Health

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You are invited to view this week's Environmental Friday Zoom lecture by CDC Environmental Health Scientist Motria Caudill this coming Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, at 8 a.m. EST on "Climate Change and Your Health."

On Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, the United Nations Security Council held a virtual meeting to discuss climate-related risks to international peace and security. At this meeting British naturalist David Attenborough said, "Climate change is the biggest security threat that modern humans have ever faced." You can view part of his speech here.

This is the sixth and final lecture in the 2021 spring semester Environmental Friday Guest Lecture Series that is part of the Berrien RESA Grade 10 chemistry course. The series is co-sponsored by Berrien RESA Math Science Center, the Andrews University Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, the State of Michigan's Office of the Clean Water Public Advocate, the Benton Spirit Community Newspaper and BEST Early.

Environmental Fridays can be viewed on Zoom at https://andrews.zoom.us/j/94940797468. The Zoom meeting ID is 949 4079 7468.

All previous Environmental Fridays lectures can be viewed on YouTube.

Teachers are encouraged to announce this lecture in their classes and/or forward this email to their classes. Please share and encourage your colleagues, friends and others, to tune in online. This lecture is free and open to all: students, high school through college, and everyone in our community and the general public.

Zoom Protocol:

• Mute your sound.
• Everyone can ask/write a question in the chat.

Abstract:
Climate change influences human health and disease in numerous ways. Some existing health threats will intensify and new health issues will emerge. Not everyone is equally at risk. The health effects of disruptions in our environment include increased respiratory and cardiovascular disease, changes in the geographical distribution of water-borne illnesses, and other threats. Join us to learn how human activity is causing these new challenges and what is being done to protect the Earth and our health.

Speaker’s Bio:
Motria Caudill is a​n environmental health scientist at the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), which is a part of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and an adjunct associate professor at University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health (UIC-SPH). Caudill’s work has taken her to India, Vietnam and Ukraine to conduct research projects and train local specialists. She holds PhD and MS degrees in environmental and occupational health sciences from UIC-SPH, with a focus on toxicology, risk assessment, and air quality management.