Let us be clear: Climate change — actually, human-induced climate heating resulting in climate instability and chaos — is a danger to health. Tim is “a physician-scientist trained in occupational and environmental medicine, public health and toxicology”, to quote from his SFU biography. His primary research is focused on the health impacts of global heating, and he has completed two major reports on the health impacts of the Trans Mountain. What he knows about these health impacts — including the health impacts of the Trans Mountain — concerns him so much he took those extra, brave steps into peaceful civil disobedience. thancock@uvic.caDr. Trevor Hancock is a retired professor and senior scholar at the University of Victoria’s School of Public Health and Social Policy.

Source: CBC News June 26, 2022 07:04 UTC