Climate change resulting from increases in greenhouse gas emissions is having a significant effect on the environment. However, these changes to the environment also have both direct and indirect effects on human health. Warming oceans and a changing climate are resulting in extreme weather patterns which have brought about an increase in flooding and drought. Which one of these health concerns would NOT result from these changing weather patterns?
A. increases in blood-borne viruses, such as Hepatitis and HIV
B. increases in water-borne diseases, such as typhoid fever, cholera
C. increases in mosquito and tick-borne illnesses such as Lyme disease and malaria
D. increases in mold exposure resulting in nasal stuffiness, throat irritation, coughing or wheezing, eye irritation, or skin irritation
