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Is Global Warming Harmful to Health? ( Preview )

Computer models indicate that many diseases will surge as the earth¿s atmosphere heats up. Signs of the predicted troubles have begun to appear.

By Paul R. Epstein   

 
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Today few scientists doubt the atmosphere is warming. Most also agree that the rate of heating is accelerating and that the consequences of this

temperature change could become increasingly disruptive. Even high school students can reel off some projected outcomes: the oceans will warm, and glaciers will melt, causing sea levels to rise

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