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Kids and Climate Health Zone Resources

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The resources below are referenced in the Kids and Climate Health Zone.

Tick-borne Illness

1https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/chapter/15/
2https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38478199/
3https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7855786/

Extreme Weather

1https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/chapter/27/
2https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/chapter/2/
3Helping families deal with relocation stress after a disaster
4https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/chapter/23/
5https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2731679

Mold

1https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/chapter/2/
2https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/mold-mycotoxins-their-effects-children/docview/2497229644/se-2https://www.proquest.com/docview/2497229644?pq-origsite=gscholar&fromopenview=true&sourcetype=Scholarly%20Journals
3https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2023-04/CLiME_Final%20Report.pdf
4https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3000394/
5https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq/flood-cleanup-protect-indoor-air-and-your-health
6https://www.epa.gov/asthma/asthma-triggers-gain-control
7https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/downloads/NCA5_Ch21_Northeast_Handout.pdf
8https://www.nrcc.cornell.edu/services/blog/2023/11/15/20231115_extreme_precip_northeast.jpg

Sea Level Rise

1https://www.epa.gov/climateimpacts/climate-change-impacts-coasts
2https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/chapter/9/
3https://www.epa.gov/climateimpacts/climate-change-impacts-coasts
4https://www.fema.gov/fact-sheet/fema-efforts-advancing-community-driven-relocation
5https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2023/10/climate-change-children-mental-health
6Dealing with relocation stress
7https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/chapter/22/
8https://www.cdc.gov/climate-health/php/regions/southeast.html?CDC_AAref_Val

Food Security

1https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/chapter/15/
2https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/chapter/11/
3https://alohachallenge.hawaii.gov/pages/lfp-05-consumption
4https://indicators.sbcounty.gov/income/food-security/
5https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3275817/
6https://www.hiphi.org/food-systems/
7https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/chapter/30/

Heat

1https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/chapter/2/
2https://www.cdc.gov/heat-health/hcp/clinical-overview/heat-and-pregnant-women.html
3https://www.cdc.gov/extreme-heat/risk-factors/heat-and-pregnancy.html?CDC_AAref_Val
4https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10096982/
5https://www.cdc.gov/heat-health/risk-factors/heat-and-pregnancy.html
6https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4589309/
7https://www.nrcc.cornell.edu/services/blog/2023/11/15/index.html
8https://www.cdc.gov/climate-health/php/regions/northeast.html?CDC_AAref_Val
9https://www.eia.gov/consumption/residential/reports/2009/air-conditioning.php

Food Availability

1https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/chapter/15/
2https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/chapter/11/
3https://indicators.sbcounty.gov/income/food-security/
4https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3275817/
5https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/chapter/29/
6https://www.nps.gov/gaar/learn/historyculture/subsistence.htm
7https://www.blm.gov/blog/2021-08-17/more-survival-subsistence-tradition-sustains-meaning-rural-alaska-natives-and-non
8https://www.climatehubs.usda.gov/hubs/northwest/topic/food-security-and-climate-change-alaska

Food Safety

1https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/chapter/26/
2https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/chapter/5/
3https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/chapter/2/
4https://www.foodsafety.gov/people-at-risk/children-under-five
5https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/chapter/28/
6https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/chapter/27/
7 https://www.ready.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/fema_summer-ready_extreme-heat-summit-resources.pdf

Private Wells and Drinking Water Safety

1https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/chapter/4/
2https://www.epa.gov/cmaq/nitrate-groundwater-cmaq
3https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/chapter/29/
4https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2015-10/documents/ace3_drinking_water.pdf
5https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969723000414?via%3Dihub
6https://www.usgs.gov/mission-areas/water-resources/science/arsenic-and-drinking-water
7https://www.fda.gov/food/environmental-contaminants-food/arsenic-food
8https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/drinking/private/wells/testing.html
9https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HAC/pha/reports/pacificgaselectric_04222003ca/pdf/apph.pdf
10https://dec.alaska.gov/media/8493/dwp-groundwater-fact-sheet-2008.pdf
11https://www.cdc.gov/drought-health/health-implications/
12https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1987/0749/report.pdf
13https://toolkit.climate.gov/case-studies/aquifer-storage-and-recovery-strategy-long-term-water-security-puerto-rico

Wildfire Smoke

1https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/chapter/focus-on-2/
2https://publichealth.berkeley.edu/news-media/research-highlights/exposure-to-wildfire-smoke-during-pregnancy-increases-risk-of-preterm-birth
3https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412024001697
4https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/chapter/25/

Water Contamination

1https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/chapter/2/
2https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/chapter/15/
3https://www3.epa.gov/safewater/kids/kidshealth/pdfs/brochure_childrenstandards.pdf
4https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/chapter/24/
5https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/downloads/NCA5_Ch24_Midwest.pdf
6https://www.cdc.gov/climate-health/php/regions/midwest.html

Athletes and Heat

1https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/chapter/2/
2https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indicators-united-states-fifth-edition
3https://www.epa.gov/heatislands
4https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/04/230426210408.htm
5https://www.cdc.gov/extreme-heat/about/index.html
6https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6795101/
7https://www.epa.gov/climateimpacts/climate-change-and-childrens-health
8https://ceh.unicef.org/spotlight-risk/extreme-heat
9https://www.weather.gov/safety/heat-during
10https://www.cdc.gov/climate-health/php/regions/southeast.html
11https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/chapter/22/

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