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The future of children's environmental health: coping with global warming.
At the time of this writing--in June--large swaths of Iowa are under water. Thirty-six thousand people have been evacuated from their homes. Highways are closed. Sewage treatment plants are closed. Residents are being warned to avoid contact with floodwaters and make sure their tetanus vaccinations are current (Lydersen, 2008). All except one of the wells from which Cedar Rapids draws its drinking water have been overwhelmed. And Time is reporting that 20% of the state's corn and soybean corp has been destroyed (Lorentzen, 2008).
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Well, why? What caused the tornadoes and record rainfall that preceded the floods? Was it global warming? As usual, no one's ready to say for su...See the full content of this document
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