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A pediatrician wrote the book on how climate change is making kids sick – Boston Herald

By Zahra Hirji | Bloomberg News

Debra Hendrickson used to avoid bringing up climate change at work. A pediatrician in Reno, Nevada, she treated kids for everything from asthma to depression without pulling their parents aside to explain how rising global temperatures are compromising human health. At least not until 2018.

That summer, Hendrickson was treating a boy for exposure to wildfire smoke from California, in a hospital room he shared with another boy also struggling to breathe. Looking out at the hazy sky, one of the kids’ fathers asked what was happening. Hendrickson, who has a background in forestry and environmental science, decided to be blunt: “It’s climate change,” she said. To her relief, no one scoffed, stormed out or demanded a new doctor.

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