The Kidney Stone-Climate Bill Connection
Advocates of a bill to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the United States have touted its benefits like job creation and energy independence. They’ve made their let’s save-the-environment plea. What about the kidney stones argument? Is there anything quite as powerful as the threat of an uncomfortable medical condition to sway public opinion? Incidents of kidney stones — along with a host of other, more serious ailments — may increase as global temperatures rise, researchers at Harvard Medical School said recently at a Capitol Hill briefing in Washington D.C. Representatives from major U.S. medical associations including the American Medical Association joined the researchers in their call for action on a climate bill. The AMA also sent a letter to President Obama, citing “significant…
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