Health experts warn that climate change can cause an increase in the number of asthma emergencies in kids within the next 10yrs.Researchers at mount Sinai school of medicine in New York found that climate change led to 7.3% rise in asthma-related emergencies room visits by children younger than 17yrs old.
Scietists linked the NY state department of health climate and air quality information with data on asthma-related emergency department by kids up to age 17yrs in 14 countries.Researchers then simulated ozone levels for june through August in five consecutive yrs in the 2020s and compared them with ozone levels in the 1990s,Healthday reported.Findings predicted an overall 7.3% increase in asthma-related emergency visits by kids in the 2020s,with increase in individual counties ranging from 5.2 to 10.2%.
According to the report published in the American journal of Preventive Mediicine.Researchers called on countries to reduce carbon pollution and fight climate change and pollution.
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