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Why climate change is worsening public health problems

  • Written by Chelsey Kivland, Professor of Anthropology, Dartmouth College
People collect water piped in from a mountain creek in Utuado, Puerto Rico on Oct. 14, 2017, in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans were still without running water. AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa

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