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A timely, revelatory first look into the impact climate change has on children-the greatest moral crisis humanity faces today-by a pediatrician in the fastest warming city in America.

Wildfires, hurricanes, and heat waves make headlines. But what is happening in Debra Hendrickson's clinic tells another story of this strange and…

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Climate change isn't just a problem for the future and for other parts of the world. Debra Hendrickson, a pediatrician, makes the case that climate change is hurting our children now, here in the USA. She supports her argument with four main points: 1) Forest Fires caused by global warming are fouling our air, 2) Excessive heat causes heatstroke in children, 3) Children suffer from trauma when they go through climate-related disasters, and 4) Infectious diseases are spreading to new regions. If you are a parent, or a new grandparent like me, read this book. As Hendrickson says, “the only…

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