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David Eisenman comments on new UCLA heat map

Publication: KPCC-FM’s “AirTalk”

UCLA Expert: David Eisenman: 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: UCLA heat tool maps the danger of extreme temperatures. Stark differences are expected at the neighborhood level, as to how many people are going to be hurt by rising heat.

UCLA News: “We have a lot of information about how California is going to be affected in the future by heat,” Eisenman said. “And we’ve seen some analyses, good ones even by the L.A. Times for instance, on how heat has caused excess deaths. But the real difference is going to come down to the neighborhood level.”

Read more at KPCC-FM’s “AirTalk”.