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Extreme Heat
What's the concern?
With climate change, extreme heat events are becoming more frequent and more intense. Exposure to extreme heat, and heat-related illnesses, are especially dangerous for infants and young children in part due to their limited ability to acclimatize and to respond appropriately to heat stress. Children most at risk include those with asthma, heart conditions, kidney problems, diarrhea, disabilities, development disorders and those who take medication. Symptoms of heat illness in children include: change in behaviour (sleepiness or temper tantrums), dizziness or fainting, nausea or vomiting, headache, rapid breathing and heartbeat, extreme thirst and decreased urination. Taking steps to prepare for, and avoid exposing children to, extreme heat, can prevent heat-related illnesses.
Learn more:
Speakers Series
Healthy Environments for Learning Day (HELD) Speakers Series -
Session 3: Climate Change Impacts on Indoor Learning Environments and Children’s Health
Watch this virtual event to learn about climate-related health risks impacting indoor environmental quality and children’s health and well-being. Speakers will address the health impacts of wildfire smoke on children’s health, protective measures to reduce wildfire smoke exposures, climate-related mental health impacts in Canada, as well as extreme heat within schools and child care settings, relevant policies and bylaws, and policy gaps relating to extreme heat.
Contact
Flora Aldridge
Project Coordinator- Healthy Environments for Learning Day
Canadian Partnership for Children’s Health and Environment (CPCHE)
flora(at)healthyenvironmentforkids.ca
Our mailing address is:
Canadian Partnership for Children’s Health and Environment
c/o 55 University Avenue, Suite 1500.,
Toronto, Ontario
CANADA M5J 2H7