Officials, Environmentalists Say Climate Change Is Hitting Home | St. Louis Public Radio
From elevated rates of respiratory disorders to wild weather patterns, climate change is taking a toll on St. Louis and the rest of the nation.
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“Greenhouse gases and climate change can raise the incident rates of asthma,” said Karl Brooks, regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency. “Asthma is a serious public health problem in St. Louis."
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Executive director of the St. Louis Coalition for Inclusion and Equity, Romona Williams, said events like the one held on Saturday represent a shift in the environmental movement. Moving forward, she said, the focus should broaden to look at the larger social and economic impacts of climate change.
“Climate change is everything to us,” Williams said. “Low income and communities of color are disproportionately impacted by the effects of climate change.”
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