Climate change poses growing health threat: UN

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Climate change poses growing health threat: UN

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/climate-change-poses-growing-health-threat-un-170547801.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/kFULM_etzY5OyCb.iF0G4A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/3ff4ca0bd8fbbd3382e4493f0812dbc57d4b870e.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Residents prepare to carry water containers after filling them from a government water supply truck in New Delhi, May 22, 2013" align="left" title="Residents prepare to carry water containers after filling them from a government water supply truck in New Delhi, May 22, 2013" border="0" /></a>Climate change poses a growing health threat, the UN warned on Wednesday, saying extreme weather and rising temperatures could claim hundreds of thousands of lives and spread disease. &quot;Climate change is no longer only an environmental issue,&quot; said Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, head of the climate change team at the World Health Organisation (WHO). The UN agency Wednesday began a three-day conference at its Geneva base, folding together climate and health issues. The goal is to put health in the spotlight at a special UN Climate Summit in New York on September 23.</p><br clear="all"/>

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