IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN CHILDREN FROM ASTHMA AND ALLERGIES TO PREMATURE BIRTH. HOW DOCTORS AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE DRIVING A CALL TO ACTION. Reporter: AS WILDFIRES BURNED NEAR SAN FRANCISCO LAST SUMMER, PEDIATRICIAN LISA PATEL SAID SHE SAW FIRSTHAND HOW CLIMATE CHANGE CAN AFFECT HEALTH. LATE SEPTEMBER, I REMEMBER SHIFT AFTER SHIFT I HAD SEVERAL DELIVERIES I WOULD GO TO AND EACH SHIFT THAT MOMS ARE COMING IN AND LABOR A MONTH OR TWO MONTHS EARLY. PREVIOUS STUDIES SHOW AIR POLLUTION AND EXCESS HEAT CAN CAUSE PREMATURE LABOR. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS CALLS CLIMATE CHANGE ONE OF THE TOP HEALTH THREATS TO CHILDREN. WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON CHILDREN? EVERYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE. THAT IS WHY ALL OF US ARE SO INVOLVED IN THIS. NOW WE UNDERSTAND THAT CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECTS EVERY PART OF OUR BODIES AND HEALTH. IT INCLUDES POLLUTION TRIGGERED ASTHMA, SEVERE ALLERGIES, AND HEAT ILLNESSES WITH RISING TEMPERATURES. TO PROTECT FAMILIES, U.S. PEDIATRICIANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE BANDING TOGETHER AND LOBBYING LAWMAKERS FOR CHANGE. CLIMATE CHANGE ADVOCATES WITH THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS ARE PUSHING FOR NEW LAWS ON RENEWABLE ENERGY.
PASSING CLIMATE RESOLUTIONS, AND EDUCATING OTHER PHYSICIANS. MONTANA PEDIATRICIAN LAURA BYRON FOUNDED THE PROGRAM. WHETHER IT IS DOING IT OUT OF YOUR HOME ARE USING YOUR ECONOMIC SECURITY SOMETIMES FOR FARMERS AND RANCHERS LIVING.