Who’s Dying in the Current Heat Wave?
MORE UPDATES – Heat waves kill the elderly, both here and in the rest of the world. Sociologists have discovered that?in the US at least?severe heat waves kill more people in neighborhoods where there are few inviting businesses to draw older people out of their overheated apartments into an air conditioned environment. According to a new government study, one of the main problems is that it no longer cools off much at night.
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