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Climate Cast ®
Cathy Wurzer, Paul Huttner and Ngoc Bui

The impacts of climate change on our health — from our bodies to our cells

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Some might scoff at the idea that climate change affects all of us, but doctors say it does. It turns out warmer temperatures, wildfire smoke and bad air quality affect our health … right down to our cells!

MPR News host Cathy Wurzer spoke with Dr. Rick Woychik and Dr. Gwen Collman from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences on their research into this for Climate Cast.

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