Climate change, human health, and the exposome: Utilizing OMIC technologies to navigate an era of uncertainty

Author's Department

Institute of Global Health & Human Ecology

Second Author's Department

Institute of Global Health & Human Ecology

Third Author's Department

Institute of Global Health & Human Ecology

Fourth Author's Department

Institute of Global Health & Human Ecology

Fifth Author's Department

Institute of Global Health & Human Ecology

Document Type

Research Article

Publication Title

Frontiers in public health

Publication Date

1-1-2022

doi

10.3389/fpubh.2022.973000

Abstract

Climate change is an anthropogenic phenomenon that is alarming scientists and non-scientists alike. The emission of greenhouse gases is causing the temperature of the earth to rise and this increase is accompanied by a multitude of climate change-induced environmental exposures with potential health impacts. Tracking human exposure has been a major research interest of scientists worldwide. This has led to the development of exposome studies that examine internal and external individual exposures over their lifetime and correlate them to health. The monitoring of health has also benefited from significant technological advances in the field of "omics" technologies that analyze physiological changes on the nucleic acid, protein, and metabolism levels, among others. In this review, we discuss various climate change-induced environmental exposures and their potential health implications. We also highlight the potential integration of the technological advancements in the fields of exposome tracking, climate monitoring, and omics technologies shedding light on important questions that need to be answered.

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