Exposure science in an age of rapidly changing climate: challenges and opportunities

Judy S LaKind^{1

2

3}, Jonathan Overpeck⁴, Patrick N Breysse⁵, Lorrie Backer⁶, Susan D Richardson⁷, Jon Sobus⁸, Amir Sapkota⁹, Crystal R Upperman⁹, Chengsheng Jiang⁹, C Ben Beard¹⁰, J M Brunkard¹¹, Jesse E Bell¹², Ryan Harris¹³, Jean-Paul Chretien¹⁴, Richard E Peltier¹⁵, Ginger L Chew¹⁶, Benjamin C Blount¹⁷

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¹ LaKind Associates, LLC, 106 Oakdale Avenue, Catonsville, MD 21228, USA.
² Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Hershey Medical Center, Penn State U College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA.
⁴ Institute of the Environment, University of Arizona, ENR2 Building, Room N523, 1064 East Lowell Street, PO Box 210137, Tucson, AZ 85721-0137, USA.
⁵ National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, MS-F60, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA.
⁶ National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, MS-F60 Atlanta, GA 30341, USA.
⁷ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, 631 Sumter Street, JM Palms Center for GSR, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
⁸ National Exposure Research Laboratory, US Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code: E205-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA.
⁹ Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
¹⁰ Bacterial Diseases Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mail Stop P-02, 3156 Rampart Road, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA.
¹¹ Waterborne Diseases Prevention Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mail Stop C-09, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
¹² Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites-NC, North Carolina State University, 151 Patton Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801, USA.
¹³ USAF, 14th Weather Squadron (DoD Applied Climate Services), Asheville, NC, USA.
¹⁴ Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch, Defense Health Agency, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
¹⁵ Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 149 Goessmann Laboratory, 686 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
¹⁶ Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, MS-F60, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA.
¹⁷ Tobacco and Volatiles Branch of the Division of Laboratory Sciences, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, MS F47, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA.

PMID: 27485992
PMCID: PMC5071542
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2016.35

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Exposure science in an age of rapidly changing climate: challenges and opportunities

Judy S LaKind et al. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2016 Nov.

. 2016 Nov;26(6):529-538.

doi: 10.1038/jes.2016.35. Epub 2016 Aug 3.

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Affiliations

¹ LaKind Associates, LLC, 106 Oakdale Avenue, Catonsville, MD 21228, USA.
² Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Hershey Medical Center, Penn State U College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA.
⁴ Institute of the Environment, University of Arizona, ENR2 Building, Room N523, 1064 East Lowell Street, PO Box 210137, Tucson, AZ 85721-0137, USA.
⁵ National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, MS-F60, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA.
⁶ National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, MS-F60 Atlanta, GA 30341, USA.
⁷ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, 631 Sumter Street, JM Palms Center for GSR, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
⁸ National Exposure Research Laboratory, US Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code: E205-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA.
⁹ Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
¹⁰ Bacterial Diseases Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mail Stop P-02, 3156 Rampart Road, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA.
¹¹ Waterborne Diseases Prevention Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mail Stop C-09, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
¹² Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites-NC, North Carolina State University, 151 Patton Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801, USA.
¹³ USAF, 14th Weather Squadron (DoD Applied Climate Services), Asheville, NC, USA.
¹⁴ Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch, Defense Health Agency, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
¹⁵ Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 149 Goessmann Laboratory, 686 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
¹⁶ Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, MS-F60, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA.
¹⁷ Tobacco and Volatiles Branch of the Division of Laboratory Sciences, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, MS F47, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA.

PMID: 27485992
PMCID: PMC5071542
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2016.35

Abstract

Climate change is anticipated to alter the production, use, release, and fate of environmental chemicals, likely leading to increased uncertainty in exposure and human health risk predictions. Exposure science provides a key connection between changes in climate and associated health outcomes. The theme of the 2015 Annual Meeting of the International Society of Exposure Science-Exposures in an Evolving Environment-brought this issue to the fore. By directing attention to questions that may affect society in profound ways, exposure scientists have an opportunity to conduct "consequential science"-doing science that matters, using our tools for the greater good and to answer key policy questions, and identifying causes leading to implementation of solutions. Understanding the implications of changing exposures on public health may be one of the most consequential areas of study in which exposure scientists could currently be engaged. In this paper, we use a series of case studies to identify exposure data gaps and research paths that will enable us to capture the information necessary for understanding climate change-related human exposures and consequent health impacts. We hope that paper will focus attention on under-developed areas of exposure science that will likely have broad implications for public health.

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Research needs for exposure science and climate change.

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