Talk:Nicole Hernandez Hammer

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This article says that "Hammer made the connection that Latino populations were the most vulnerable to sea level rise compared to other populations" and it cites as support:

5 Questions: Latina Climate Scientist On Carbon Emissions Rule". NBC News. Retrieved 2019-02-11.

But the article says no such thing. All it says is:


 * NBC: Why is this something you think Latinos should pay attention to?
 * Hernandez Hammer: We are 60 percent more likely to visit the hospital for asthma because we are disproportionately more vulnerable. Latino children are 40 percent more likely to die from asthma. A rule that reduces the effects of pollution and works toward mitigating the impact of climate change is especially important and valuable to Latinos for the health of our community in the short term, but in the longer term, it will help us avoid the worst impact of climate change. One of every two Latinos lives in an area where clean air rules are violated.

First, while this does indicate that Hammer says Latinos are significantly affected by climate change, it does not say they are "the most" impacted. Are Latinos 60% more likely than whom to have asthma? Whites? The rest of the American population? What about blacks and Native Americans?

According to WedMD, "African-Americans are three times more likely to die of asthma than white Americans." Seems to me 300% is higher than 40%*

Second, these statistics are about clean air and asthma, while the article statement is about sea level rise, which is Ms. Hammer's area of expertise. If she has ever publicly said that latinos are the "most vulnerable" to sea level rise, then that should be cited. In the meantime, we don't want to start a fight between minority groups about who is the "most vulnerable."

https://www.webmd.com/hypertension-high-blood-pressure/features/why-7-deadly-diseases-strike-blacks-most#:~:text=Black%20Americans%20have%20more%20asthma%20than%20any%20racial,times%20more%20deadly%20for%20blacks%20than%20for%20whites.

2601:14A:503:64C0:14B3:800F:7700:BD90 (talk) 23:23, 5 October 2022 (UTC) User known as ileanadu but who can't log in to her account.


 * Is she saying in the whole world, because if so, it would seem populations in the Pacific/Oceania are already being affected by Ocean level rise. Is she addressing only Latinos in North America? North and Central America? The whole Western Hemisphere? The Native populations in Canada and Alaska,

2601:14A:503:64C0:14B3:800F:7700:BD90 (talk) 23:31, 5 October 2022 (UTC)