WVU in the News: Fossil fuels costing West Virginians their health
Recently, there has been an alarming uptick in the number of patients we see who suffer heart attacks, strokes, lung disease, neurological problems and other serious health conditions. With continuing poor air quality, we see more and more children and adults with poorly-controlled asthma. Climate change and pollution from fossil fuels threaten not only our health, but our lives and livelihoods.
Professor Kim Innes, PhD, and Professor Emeritus Bill Reger-Nash, EdD, joined family practice physician Ken Hilsbos, MD, to write an op-ed about environmental factors affecting health in West Virginia.