Shared Stories
-
Becky E. In February 2012, I was living in Seoul. I felt sick and was told I had pneumonia and the flu. After being hospitalized with hyponatremia, many tests were done.
-
Audrey M.
-
Abigail M.
-
Jessie W. We must unite together to protect our patients. As I walk among the towering trees, listening quietly, breathing deep the moist air, I am reminded of the interconnected web of life.
-
Hassan B. We know that even when people improve their health by kicking smoking and exercising more, air pollution can slow that progress, and lead to more pulmonary and cardiovascular consequences.
-
Glenn R. S. Right now, the air we breathe is in crisis. Health care professionals have a responsibility to help diagnose and treat patients, and to help the community at large when there is a crisis.
-
Gary P. The wildfires are a wake-up call. The devastating wildfires in our communities served as a wake-up call. The unfolding climate crisis is impacting human health now and will become even more of a factor in the future.
-
Erika Maria M. Climate change is (quite literally) sickening. As a lung and ICU doctor, my patients’ health is threatened by unhealthy air and climate change, and now COVID-19.
-
Denise L. Climate change is of concern to me because it is impacting so many people locally and around the world. As a women's health nurse practitioner, I am especially concerned about the impact on women and girls.
-
Daya U. Climate change imposes a serious threat to human health and our environment. We must act now and raise our voices to fight climate change and support strong clean air policies.
-
David Tom C. Fighting for a healthy climate. Too many of our patients surviving lung diseases are being sickened by air pollution.
-
David P. The patient - our planet - has a fever. In addition to increased temperatures, the acid level in the oceans has increased 0.15 units in the last 100 years.
-
David H. Climate change is a public health emergency. Climate change is a public health emergency, and poses a dire threat to lung health.
-
Cindy R. To do so we need to extract ourselves from the use of oil, gas and coal, implementing cradle to cradle clean energy systems in concert with conservation measures.
-
Christine A. H. I strongly urge a united front on climate change. Climate change poses serious threats to the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat.
