April 22 is Earth Day, an annual event to highlight the importance of clean air, water and land that was first observed 51 years ago, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Since then, researchers have linked both air pollution and climate change to numerous health problems.
Neelima Tummala, MD, a physician in the department of otolaryngology at The GW Medical Faculty Associates, encouraged physicians to “sound the alarm” about climate change.
“Climate change is one of the greatest public health threats ever encountered,” she told Healio Primary Care. “While