London: Climate change is not only responsible for the increasing natural calamities around us, but the changing weather is also being considered responsible for the increasing outbreak of diseases. According to a study in London, climate hazards such as floods, heat waves, and drought have increased the risk of hundreds of diseases, including malaria, hantavirus, cholera, and anthrax. The journal Nature Climate Change, published on Monday, claimed that out of 375 human infectious diseases due to climate change, 218 diseases have gone into the severe category. The diseases of more than a thousand people were studied in this journal.
According to the data, in some cases, people got serious diseases through mosquitoes, rats, and deer which spread diseases due to rains and floods. At the same time, people have also faced serious diseases due to the consumption of seafood spoiled due to heat waves and boiling sea. This study shows how widespread the impact of climate is on human health.
Jonathan Patz, director of the Global Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said that if the climate is changing, so is the risk of these diseases. He further said that now we need to think of these diseases as symptoms of sick earth. Earth is also falling ill due to climate change, about which no one is worried.
In addition to looking at infectious diseases, they included all kinds of non-communicable diseases such as asthma, allergies, and even animal bites to see how many distortions they could link to climate hazards. The researchers found that out of a total of 286 diseases, 223 have become serious due to climate hazards. Also, 9 diseases have become less serious due to climate hazards.
