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Drought

ARE WE RUNNING OUT OF WATER?  US MAP

 

DO I LIVE IN A DROUGHT AREA? US MAP

WATER POLLUTION

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DROUGHT increases the concentration of toxic chemicals in surface and ground water. The result is increased contamination of drinking water with NITRATES, ARSENIC, PESTICIDES, and other substances.
Too much nitrate in drinking water causes birth defects, miscarriages, and cancer. Too much arsenic can cause skin cancer, low birth weights, and failure to thrive. 

ARE THERE NITRATES IN MY WATER?    MAP

AIR POLLUTION
DUST STORMS

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DROUGHTS decrease ground vegetation leading to dust storms.

Increasing dust storms in Arizona and California cause multi car pileups and outbreaks of Valley Fever, a fungal lung infection.  



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19 car crash during dust storm on Interstate 10 in Arizona, 2013
 

WILDFIRES 

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DROUGHT is causing more and bigger wildfires, whose smoke spreads for hundreds of miles, increasing ER visits and hospitalizations for lung disease.  

ANY FIRES NEAR ME?    Wildfire Map

HUNGER

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CARCINOGENS 
IN FOOD AND MILK
DROUGHT stressed crops are more susceptible to disease. One common fungus of corn, grains, and peanuts produces AFLATOXIN, a potent natural carcinogen. Diary cows fed infected corn with aflatoxin, pass aflatoxin into the milk.  In 2012 during the Midwest drought, 58% of the corn tested in Missouri had aflatoxin levels above the US FDA limit for dairy cow and human consumption. 

MYCOTOXIN CROP MAP 2012
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  • A Health Emergency
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