Climate change biggest threat to health, doctors say


	Climate change biggest threat to health, doctors say

JICWyllie

5-14-2009 6:09 AM

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1-climate change, 1-disease, 2-consequences, 2-increase, 2-risks, 3-forecast, 3-research, 4-intl

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5-14-2009 6:11 AM

clip-on-tie

Doctors just want you to think that because they want first dibs on the oceanfront property at the Rocky Mountains.

5-14-2009 8:57 AM

tabsey

c-o-t Your evidence to refute should be a little more than thimbles of idiocy.

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<P>Rising global temperatures would have a catastrophic effect on human health, 
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