Health
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I’ve heard stories from folks from time to time about how their aches and pains and headaches are correlated with a variety of weather conditions. Maybe you have too. But a recent research report published earlier this month, there is very little physical evidence to prove it. The researchers found that Google searches related to…
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While dry weather is not a problem for most parts of the Southeast this year, in the past it has caused problems for livestock producers. This year the problems are worst in the upper Plains where drought has expanded rapidly. Drovers Newsletter has a good reminder of how blue green algae, nitrates and prussic acid…
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Growing Georgia posted a story this week on the impacts of the wet weather we have been having in the Southeast on forage conditions. The damp conditions have fostered the growth of mold in some forage and farmers need to check it carefully before feeding it to their livestock, since the presence of mold can…
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Nine out of every ten people that get hit by lightning survive, according to a post today by The Week magazine. But their health afterwards can be significantly changed, and even their personalities can be affected by the trauma as well as the rewiring of their internal electrical circuits (which is really what the nervous…
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Here are some useful infographics from the American Public Health Association which describe the relationships between changes in climate and various aspects of human health, including effects on air quality, rising temperatures, and vector-borne diseases. You can see them all at https://www.apha.org/news-and-media/multimedia/infographics/how-climate-change-affects-your-health.
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As summer temperatures across the Southeast continue to rise as they have since the 1970s, exposure of outdoor workers to conditions favorable for heat stress is also increasing. If you have workers that spend a lot of time out in the heat, you are most likely already encouraging them to take breaks in the shade,…
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Digg.com has an interesting (if somewhat intense) article about what it is like to be hit by a stroke of lightning. Surprisingly, nine out of ten people survive a lightning stroke, but the lasting physical changes can be unnerving or downright dangerous. You can read it at https://digg.com/2017/what-its-like-struck-by-lightning?utm_source=atlasobscura.