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**The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs**

**Monday, December 14, 2020**

TODAY ON THE BLOG

ACCESS TO CARE

Too Big To Ignore: 7 Recommendations To Address Our Growing Mental
Health Crisis

By David Wennberg and Patrick J. Kennedy

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the ongoing mental health crisis
in the US. Policy makers can wait no longer. David Wennberg and Patrick
J. Kennedy propose seven steps to take toward a mental health care
overhaul now. Read More >>

IN THE JOURNAL

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Several articles in our December issue examine the health-related costs
of climate change. An analysis from Vijay S. Limaye and colleagues
identifies ways to address the challenges that come with estimating the
price tag of climate-sensitive health outcomes
;
Noah Scovronick and coauthors break downeconomic methods routinely used
to recommend climate policies
;
and economist Howard G. Birnbaum and coauthors describe how to gain a
more complete picture of the chain of health care costs associated with
air pollution
.

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**A CLOSER LOOK**- Health, Climate, and Environmental Justice

The health risks caused by climate change are not distributed equally
either globally or locally. Globally, coastal regions and communities
without the resources to build infrastructure that protects against
warming temperatures and extreme weather are at a greater risk for
climate-related health threats. Locally, businesses that emit toxins and
waste-processing plants are concentrated in areas that do not have the
resources or political power to divert them elsewhere, polluting the
local air and water. Across the world, these vulnerable communities are
more likely to be home to low-income people and people of color. In a
blog post from 2017, Ramon Jacobs-Shaw discusses environmental justice
and environmental racism as climate change further depletes shared
resources
,
and warns that weakened environmental protection laws threaten
Americans' health.

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