If the future atmosphere contains one additional part of CO2 per 10,000, will we really see more "deadly heat waves" near the Great Lakes?

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Both agreements have been used as frameworks for mutually protecting the lakes. But neither addresses what scientists see as the region's most critical emerging issue: climate change.

"We consider climate change to be an enormous, emerging public health problem," said Howard Frumkin, one of the conference's two keynote speakers.

Mr. Frumkin is director of the National Center for Environmental Health and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

Deadly heat waves, more air pollution, more infectious diseases, and more allergies are likely in the Great Lakes region as its climate warms.

Mr. Frumkin implored scientists to find more links between lake ecology and human health - and to communicate them better to the public without creating doomsday scenarios.

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