Agencies that helped write the report include the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and U.S. EPA.

The study was published online yesterday and will also be printed as a special issue of the journal Environmental Health Sciences.

Reprinted from Climatewire with permission from Environment & Energy Publishing, LLC. www.eenews.net, 202-628-6500

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1. 1. Science daughter 08:53 PM 4/22/10

   This is an amazingly incompetent piece of writing. Basically she blames EVERYTHING on "climate change" including cancer! First of all, the H1N1 virus was a bust! In today's modern world diseases are not as serious as in the past because most people in the world are better nourished and better prepared. This is a complete waste of time for Scientific American. It was based on very little scientific fact.

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2. 2. rhodinsthinker 09:17 PM 4/22/10

   This is the most competent piece of wrriting I have seen on the subject anywhere.

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3. 3. JamesDavis 07:10 AM 4/23/10

   Science daughter, it is foolish to dispute the profound evidence this article has presented. The only way this rapid climate change we are inducing on ourselves will not affect you is if you are a cockroach that can adapt as quickly as our climate is changing.
   
   It amazes me how some people will fight tooth-n-nail to avoid change that will improve their environment and overall health.

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4. 4. robaustin 11:44 PM 4/23/10

   I second Science daughters opinion. Pure, unadulterated clap-trap.

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5. 5. H2Ov 02:33 AM 4/27/10

   Science daughter knows how to identify error which is basic physical science. Scientific American should be about physical science elimination of error, not political science. There is a Health problem but the evidence points to an EPA mistake. Probabilities indicate, the problem is Crystalline C30x and other crystalline carbon nano-particle fragments created by palladium catalytic converters from spark ignition hydrocarbon engine exhaust . Manage aerosols by replacing catalytic converters with particle trap or air scrubber technology and activated carbon filters. Then, tune hydrocarbon engines to maximum mileage efficiency and the problem can be resolved by the power of the hydrologic cycle, which is the primary control system of earth's climate.

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6. 6. JBvireo 09:37 AM 4/27/10

   Interesting H2Ov that your solution to reducing the impact of climate change has on our health, economy, lifestyles all come down to simply force the auto industry to change their product to be environmentally friendly and let nature take care of the rest as she filters air contaminants by absorbing them into the water supply. The problem to this solution is of course, that the auto industry does not WANT to change its product, consumers do not WANT to pay for it, and we cannot go without water for the length of time it would take for contaminants to naturally be filtered out of the atmosphere. We must become politically motivated to bring about the change you describe (assuming it is sound basic physical science), so SA has correctly involved political science for it is a necessary component towards arriving at a solution.
   

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7. 7. JBvireo 12:28 AM 5/4/10

   Twit - a witty tweet by a Texan!

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9. 9. davidmediclim 05:32 PM 6/7/10

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