On Location: Heat and Human Health Summit

The Green Docs are on location!  Go back to school with them at UC San Diego’s Medical School campus for the inaugural Heat and Human Health (H3) Summit.  They interview conference organizer Vi Nguyen, better known on Instagram as Dr. Plastic Picker, as she tells us about cleaning up her own backyard: from favorite beaches to lecture halls.  You’ll also hear from conference-goers – a husband-wife green “power couple” and an inspiring 2nd year medical student – about why they showed up on a summer Saturday.  Spoiler alert: it wasn’t just for the donuts.  Green Docs rock!

 

As usual, Nate and Bruce take you through the latest headlines: the Beyonce concert that took a sharp left in Washington, DC due to severe weather; soaring sales of electric vehicles and maybe the end of range anxiety; and the health warning you haven’t heard about from wildfires in Maui and elsewhere.  And finally – was Bruce dressed “Ken enough” when he went to watch Barbie??

 

 

Show Links:

Bad weather at the Beyoncé concert in D.C.:

https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/beyonce-fans-angered-by-storm-delays-security-issues-at-fedex-field-concert-utter-chaos/

 

Lahaina, wildfires and infectious disease risk:

https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/how-wildfire-smoke-raises-infectious-disease-risk-69166

 

Electric vehicle sales in California:

https://insideevs.com/news/680900/california-plugin-car-sales-2023q2-share/#:~:text=In%20Q2%202023%2C%20125%2C939%20new,also%20a%20massive%20new%20record).

 

Surfrider Foundation:

https://www.surfrider.org/

https://sandiego.surfrider.org/climatechange

 

Sharp HealthCare San Diego, 100% Renewable Energy:

https://cal-cca.org/19787-2/

 

Hospital Disaster Preparedness, “OB Train”: 

https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/committee-opinion/articles/2017/12/hospital-disaster-preparedness-for-obstetricians-and-facilities-providing-maternity-care

 

San Diego Public Health Advisory Council:

https://www.climateactioncampaign.org/publichealth

 

Philippines champion “train the trainees” 

https://www.figo.org/news/fertility-and-environmental-health

 

Vi Nguyen, MD, Dr. Plastic Picker on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/drplasticpicker/

 

U.S. Centers for Disease Control, heat illness signs:

https://www.cdc.gov/disasters/extremeheat/warning.html

 

“How to Citizen” with Baratunde podcast:

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