Climate, Pollution, and Children’s Health

List of authors.

• Kari Nadeau, M.D., Ph.D., Frederica Perera, Dr.P.H., Ph.D., Renee N. Salas, M.D., M.P.H., and Caren G. Solomon, M.D., M.P.H.

November 3, 2022

N Engl J Med 2022; 387:e45

DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp2213408

Based on a Review Article by Drs. Frederica Perera and Kari Nadeau (Climate Change, Fossil-Fuel Pollution, and Children’s Health

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, in the June 16, 2022, issue), this instructional video focuses on five key ways in which fossil fuels, air pollution, and climate change are creating a long-lasting negative impact on infant and children’s health: extreme heat, climate-intensified events, changes in air quality, disruptions in food and water supply, and changes in vector ecology.

Physicians play an important role in caring for children and pregnant persons affected by these changes. Physicians also can spread awareness of climate change and engage in advocacy to improve health and equity.