Danger Dust

244 readers

214 users here now

A community for those occupationally exposed to dusts, toxins, pollutants, hazardous materials or noxious environments

Dangerous Dusts , Fibres, Toxins, Pollutants, Occupational Hazards, Stonemasonry, Construction News and Environmental Issues

#Occupational Diseases

#Autoimmune Diseases

#Silicosis

#Cancer

#COPD

#Chronic Fatigue

#Hazardous Materials

#Kidney Disease

#Pneumoconiosis

#The Environment

#Pollutants

#Pesticides

and more

Please be nice to each other and follow the rules : []https://mastodon.world/about

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

Bampot

U.S. Deaths from Heat Are Dangerously Undercounted (www.scientificamerican.com)

submitted 3 months ago by Bampot to c/dangerdust

2 comments fedilink hide all child comments

By vastly understating the number of heat-related deaths, medical officials make it harder to improve heat safety and save lives

Federal records say that heat caused or contributed to at least 2,300 deaths in 2023. But the counts rely on death certificates filled out by coroners, medical examiners and other doctors, who often don’t consider heat’s potential lethality before certifying cause of death.

Heat is regularly omitted from death certificates of people like Gomez, who was not killed directly by heat but whose heart problems may have been exacerbated.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says heat and other extreme weather should be noted on death certificates. The CDC says its tallies are likely severe undercounts and in 2017 urged that natural disasters including heat be included on death certificates even if the event affected a death indirectly.

top 2 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] essell 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have a feeling that's the point.

Given the lack of intention to do anything about it, avoiding counting keeps the pressure to do something about it from building.

Dunno how long that will work.

[–] Duamerthrax 2 points 3 months ago

Considering there will be bias for elderly deaths, until enough of them die off to swing elections.