Although Canada has seennotable improvementsin air quality over the past 30 years, increasingly frequent and intense periods of wildfire smoke threaten to undo this progress. In the last two decades, while emissions from most pollut...
The health risks of smoke generated from controlled burning relative to wildfire remain uncertain. Recent work in the Australian monsoon tropics provided a unique opportunity to study the health effects of smoke pollution at and well below national air quality standards. It found that for each ...
When a wildfire rages, the flames aren't the only threat. The smoke poses its own risks. Fine particles and harmful chemicals can get into your lungs and bring on a number of health problems. Some people are more sensitive to the smoke than others, but everyone should do what they can ...
To address the need for improved public health messaging this review summarizes current knowledge and knowledge gaps in the health effects of wildfire smoke in children, as well as tools for public health response aimed at children, including consideration of low-cost sensor data, respirators, and...
[55]. These pathophysiological changes may lead to higher risks of adverse cardiovascular outcomes among firefighters due to exposure to wildfire smoke. Navarro found that firefighters who worked 49 days per year were exposed to a mean concentration of PM4at 510 μg/m3during wildland ...
Breathing for residents across the west coast of the U.S. is becoming increasingly difficult as wildfires continue to spread across large portions of several states, according to news reports. "Because of the severe wind in the areas involved, exposure to wildfire smoke can even occur if an in...
California fire season also coincides with the onset of seasonal influenza and other winter viruses, as well as COVID-19. There may be interaction between the effects of smoke and viruses that worsen lung problems. Several studies suggest exposure to wildfire smoke increased risks for COVID-19 ...
We askedChris Migliaccio, a toxicologist at the University of Montana who studies the impact of wildfire smoke on human health, about the health risks people can face when smoke blows in from distant wildfires. What’s in wildfire smoke that’s ...
Short-term exposure to wildfire-related PM2.5 increases mortality risks and burdens in Brazil Article Open access 10 December 2022 The contribution of wildfire to PM2.5 trends in the USA Article 20 September 2023 Large transboundary health impact of Arctic wildfire smoke Article Open access ...
A newreportinvestigating the impacts of wildfire smoke on pregnant people in Oregon indicates that public health officials are not doing enough to educate them about the health risks—includingpreterm birth, birth defects, preeclampsia, and anxiety—or the steps to prevent wildfire smoke exposure. (...