Global warming may cause malaria to Britain
MIL/Agencies, Apr 5, 2008.
London : APril 5, 2008 - Global climate change is likely to cause malaria and other diseases to Britain and trigger more frequent heatwaves that will have huge health impacts, doctors said on Thursday.
With the exception of Lyme disease, insect-borne diseases are largely unknown in Britain. But global warming could change that in a few decades, according to a report from the British Medical Association (BMA).
"Higher temperatures and heavier rainfall may increase the spread of infections like malaria that have previously been virtually non-existent in the UK," the organisation's Head of Science and Ethics, Dr Vivienne Nathanson, said.
Hotter weather also poses a significant risk of an increase in skin cancers, sunburn and sunstroke.
The BMA said the state-run National Health Service needed to invest in prevention and treatment for serious health implications relating to climate change.
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