"Climate change poses the biggest threat to public health, and storms and floods have abundant immediate impacts: drinking-water contamination; mold damage to homes and businesses; the spread of infectious disease; soil erosion that affects food quality; and limitations on recreation, transportation, and medical-care access. Climate change is also a major source of stress on the population's mental health, and on the country's already fragile mental-health system."
"Eyal Press's article about the National Restaurant Association is noteworthy for its examination of subminimum wages for tipped workers, and for its relevance to another issue currently in the news: the politicization of formerly impartial governmental agencies (" Check Your Bill, " August 4th). As I read Press's piece, which three times cites the Bureau of Labor Statistics as a credible counterpoint to industry figures that are promulgated by the N.R.A., Donald Trump was in the process of firing the head of the bureau, Erika McEntarfer,"
River flooding is increasing in frequency and power due to climate change and presents direct risks to human health and welfare. Floods contaminate drinking water, promote mold growth in buildings, facilitate the spread of infectious diseases, erode soil that affects food quality, and disrupt recreation, transportation, and medical-care access. Climate change also intensifies mental-health stress and burdens an already fragile mental-health system. Separately, politicization of formerly impartial governmental agencies can lead to personnel removals and undermine the credibility of official statistics, eroding public confidence and complicating effective policymaking and public-safety planning.
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