Climate change and children

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Climate change and children

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Source: https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2016-10/documents/children-health-climate-change.pdf

Description: Climate change can adversely affect the health of children as it leads to the spread of diseases and can cause malnutrition due to the impact on agriculture. Children with respiratory problems are particularly vulnerable to #climate_change as air pollution increases due to rising temperatures, leading to worsening of their symptoms. Climate change also affects the #mental_health of children, causing anxiety and stress due to #natural_disasters and the uncertainty of the future.

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