By Sheryl Canter
This post is by Sheryl Canter, an online writer and editorial manager at Environmental Defense Fund.
At a congressional hearing last Wednesday, Howard Frumkin, a senior official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said there was strong scientific evidence of major health problems due to climate change in the next few decades, including:
At least he got to say it. Last October, CDC testimony on the health risks from global warming was censored by the White House.
Rep. Hilda Solis (D-Calif), who chaired the hearing, said she suspected that "a layer of screening" continues to limit what CDC officials are allowed to say.
While insisting that CDC had no position on EPA’s pending regulatory decisions, Frumpkin said, "…there is strong evidence that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas … and there is strong evidence that climate change affects public health in many ways."
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