Opinion: Efforts to reduce the carbon footprint of the health care system are worthwhile [Opinion]
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Amplifying the message that climate change is harming our health, and the health of our children, should compel us all to take action within our sphere of influence. I am a family physician practicing in San Diego, astutely aware of the negative health impacts. I serve with Dr. Christine James on the Public Health Advisory Council of Climate Action Campaign, along with a number of physicians in the community representing a range of health care systems.
There are many other more harmful positive physical feedbacks in climate change. For example, the melting of land and sea ice allows the greater absorption of sunlight, which increases the melting, accelerating the whole process. We should reduce the carbon footprint of health care while we more generally try to break out of these multiple positive physical feedback loops by cutting back on fossil fuel use.
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