Edward W Maibach1Email author, Matthew Nisbet1, 2, Paula Baldwin1, Karen Akerlof1 and Guoqing Diao3 BMC Public Health201010:299 https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-299 © Maibach et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2010 Received: 4 January 2010 Accepted: 1 June 2010 Published: 1 June 2010 Abstract Background Climate change is taking a toll on human health, and some leaders in the public health community have urged their colleagues to give voice to its health implications.