Climate Change a Major Health Threat to Children, Doctors Warn

A girl wearing a mask over her mouth and nose looks out from her balcony in village of Beloomut, Russia, on July 31, 2010, as forest fires raged across central Russia during the worst heatwave in decades.  ANDREY SMIRNOV/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

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cbsnews.com - by Ashley Welch - October 26, 2015

Climate change poses a rising global public health and safety threat, and children are particularly vulnerable, the American Academy of Pediatrics says in a new policy statement.

The group is urging pediatricians and politicians to work together to solve the crisis and protect children from the immediate and long-term health consequences of climate change.

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