The extended winter what Jammu is facing at present has given rise to the levels of air pollution and a widening range for diseases. Which is alarming. Attribute it to the climate change which is making people sick. Even an American consortium of doctors too has expressed concern over the growing cases of diseases related along with the changing climatic pattern. Known as the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, the group represents more than half of US doctors, and aims to help policy makers understand the health dangers of global warming, and what must be done to guard against it in the coming years. Physicians are on the frontlines and see the impacts in exam rooms. What’s worse is that the harms are felt most by children, the elderly, and people with low-income and chronic illnesses. The group is releasing a report that highlights the ways climate change affects health, and calls for a speedy transition to clean renewable energy. Some of its key warnings relate to heart and breathing problems associated with increasing air pollution, as well as injury from extreme heat events. Infectious diseases can spread more widely as through flies and mosquitoes with virus expand their range. Extreme weather, such as droughts, may become more common, destroying not only homes and livelihoods but also wreaking havoc on people’s mental health, it warned. Most people are not aware that increases in asthma attacks and allergies are linked to climate change. We can push for a quicker transition to renewable solar and wind energy, and also do what they can to walk and bike more instead of driving. What is worrying is that there is no effort as such locally to highlight the impact of changing pollution level and contamination of water sources.
