Publication: KABC-TV

UCLA Expert: David Eisenman: Professor-in-Residence, Department of Community Health Sciences, Fielding School of Public Health; Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine; Director, Center for Public Health and Disasters; Deputy Director for Community Partnerships, Center for Healthy Climate Solutions

Synopsis: Extreme heat inequalities are also present across school systems. Researchers at UCLA found these types of patterns in rates of heat-related emergency room visits on extreme heat days by location.

UCLA News: These disparities tend to “merge together,” according to Eisenman. “The communities that are harmed tend to be low-income communities with less tree cover, less shade, less air conditioning in the homes. Often people with less health insurance, poor baseline health. And so climate change is harming some people more than others.”

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