Much of the debate surrounding climate change involves changes to the environment – rising sea levels, higher temperatures and melting ice caps. But what about the impact on human beings? Recent data suggests that concerns about climate change are increasingly focused on human health. Climate change, and all the factors that come with it, are beginning to negatively impact human health, according to some scientists and healthcare professionals. In fact, according to the National Institute of Environmental Sciences, healthcare professionals around the world consider climate change “a critical public health problem.” One example is in China, where air quality has long been an issue. However, a 2015 study found the situation could be far worse than originally thought. Berkeley Earth, a nonprofit group based in the United States, released a report with information gathered from sensors placed around China. Their findings: about 80% of China’s population are exposed regularly to air with a pollution content that far exceeds the safe standards used by the Environmental Protection Agency in the U.S. The report also suggests that air pollution leads to 4,000 deaths every day in China. One researcher said the pollution levels in the city of Beijing were so high that it had the same health impact of every man, woman and child in the country smoking 1.5 cigarettes every hour. Ref: #sustainableearth #safeyourlife #stoppollution