health impacts Flashcards
what are the health impacts of global environmental change?
- skin cancer
- cataracts
- spread of infectious diseases
how is skin cancer caused?
most skin cancer is caused by exposure to the sun
UV lights damages dna in the skin cells who
who has the highest rates of skin cancer?
australia
how many people in Australia die a year from skin cancer?
2000
how many australians will get skin cancer by 70?
2/3
how many people die worldwide from skin cancer (2015)
55,000
what is cataracts?
when the lens of the eye become gradually opaque causing blurred vision
what can UV rays damage in the eye?
the lens, cornea, retina
what is the leading cause of blindness in the world?
cataracts
what can affect the development of cataracts?
- atlitude
- setting (wide open space)
- location
how will 2 million new cases of cataracts be caused?
from 10% of ozone depletion
what is the zika virus an example of?
spread of infectious disease
was contained to most of africa in 1947
since then it has spread
2014 in chile
how is climate change linked to ozone depletion?
it can cause thermal stress of cold spells
hpw mnay people died in heat wave in 2003 europe?
excess of 1500 deaths of the three weeks
what does climate change do to cold weather?
it is expected that temperate climate will experience colder nights due to climate change
