Health secretary claims climate change hits black Americans harder

Levine, 66, made the contentious statement while speaking in a video aiming to enhance health awareness for black communities during Black History Month  The transgender Biden official declared: ‘Climate change is having a disproportionate effect on the physical and mental health of black communities’  The video has since gone viral on X, formerly Twitter , as social media users slammed the federal official for making wild claims about climate change  By Dolores Chang For Dailymail.Com Published: 18:46 EST, 16 February 2024 | Updated: 18:46 EST, 16 February 2024 Assistant Secretary of Health Rachel Levine has claimed that climate change ‘disproportionately effects’ the mental and physical wellbeing of black Americans. Levine, 66, made the contentious statement while speaking in a video aiming to enhance health awareness for black communities during Black History Month. The transgender Biden official declared: ‘Climate change is having a disproportionate effect on the physical and mental health of black communities.’ Levine continued: ‘Black Americans are more likely than white Americans to live areas in housing that increase their susceptibility to climate related health issues.’ The video has since gone viral on X, formerly Twitter , as social media users slammed the federal official for making wild claims...