Summary
Published Date: February 06, 2019
Climate change is altering seasonal patterns in California, making hot days hotter, and increasing the severity of extreme events such as the historic drought from late 2011 to early 2017 and fires like the devastating Camp Fire in 2018. As a result, Californians face a variety of increasing health problems such as more heat-related illnesses, breathing and heart troubles, food and water contamination, traumatic injuries, mental health challenges, and exposure to infectious diseases. This issue brief references 2015-2016 asthma data from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS).
