Advancing Climate Health in Arizona

How gas utilities used tobacco tactics

to avoid gas stove regulations

In 1970, federal public health researcher Dr. Carl Shypublished a paper showing that families exposed to nitrogen dioxide gas outside had higher rates of respiratory illness than those living in less polluted areas. The paper led to a meeting with America's gas industry, where he learned gas stoves emit nitrogen dioxide, and range hoods aren't strong enough to remove it. 

So why did it take more than 50 years for Americans to discover thedanger of gas stoves?

What to do if you have a gas stove?

Webinar Recording: Community Solutions to

Climate Change Challenges

In the most recent webinar hosted by Vaccine Equity Cooperative, speakers focused on the link between climate change and health equity, highlighting the disproportionate impact of climate change on communities of color and other underserved populations. The recordings are available in both English and Spanish.  Access the recording HERE.

What We Are Reading & Listening to This Week

• Burning Questions: A history of the gas industry’s campaign to minimize health risks of gas stove emissions (indoor nitrogen dioxide-NO2) (CIC)
• Why many scientists are saying climate change is an all-out ‘emergency’ -only 6 years left to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (Wash Post)
• The 2023 state of the climate report: Entering uncharted territory (Oxford Academic)
• Extreme heat could lead to 233% increase in US excess CV deaths (STAT)
• Talking Climate with Katharine Hayhoe-with guest editor TNC’S Jennifer Morris (Substack)

AzNA CC&H Workgroup Meeting

We presented on the CC&H Workgroup at the Student Nurses’ Organization of Arizona Annual Convention on October 28^th. Thank you for having us! Hearing about what students are doing about climate change was so rewarding.  We are excited to help nursing students start working on climate change on their campuses. We are also interested in having students join our meetings, volunteer to help us with projects and increase our reach by highlighting climate issues and solutions.

The AzNA Climate Change and Health Workgroup meets on the second Tuesday of the month, our next meeting is, November 14^th at 5:30 pm Join Us.    

Thank you for joining us and engaging today!