Kristie Ebi, an epidemiologist at the University of Washington, has been studying the human health impacts of climate change for decades. In an interview with e360, she makes a case for standardizing how heat deaths are reported and for additional investment in heat resilience.
  • Coskii
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    3 months ago

    Witnessed the aftermath of one such death a few weeks ago. Medics claimed it was a gas leak.

    2nd floor apartment. No AC, no fans, elderly lady on oxygen in the middle of a two week long heat wave flirting with triple digits the whole time…

    So unless they meant the oxygen tank was leaking, it was the heat.