Wildfire smoke (WFS) is a mixture of respirable particulate matter, environmental gases, and other hazardous pollutants that originate from the unplanned burning of arid vegetation during wildfires. The increasing size and frequency of recent wildfires has escalated public and occupational health concerns...
These results suggest that long-term smoke exposure induces obstructive lung abnormality. Moreover, itchy/watery nose, cough, phlegm, and chest pain also reported in these subjects. Conclusion: Wildfire smog could be induced respiratory pathway inflammation and easily collapsible respiratory airways....
The health impacts were greatest in the provinces with populations in close proximity to wildfire activity, though health impacts were also noted across many provinces indicating the long-range transport of wildfire-PM2.5. Understanding the population health impacts of wildfire smoke is important as ...
The contribution of wildfire to PM2.5 trends in the USA Ground- and satellite-based air pollution data from 2000 to 2022 quantify the contribution of wildfire smoke to stagnation or reversal in PM2.5 concentration trends, showing that this contribution will grow as the climate continues to warm...
The Plan is to Reduce the Amount of Wildfire Smoke that Enters a Building “One of the biggest focuses of this is addressing particulate matter that's less than 2.5 microns in size, which you often hear called PM 2.5,” said Fernandes. “Those particles have been shown to impact blood ves...
Potential impacts of prescribed fire smoke on public health and socially vulnerable populations in a Southeastern U.S. state Prescribed fire is an essential tool for wildfire risk mitigation and ecosystem restoration in the Southeastern United States. It is also one of the region... S Afrin,F Ga...
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Wildfire ash can have an impact on coastal prokaryotic plankton. To understand the extent to which community composition and abundance of coastal prokaryotes are affected by ash, two ash addition experiments were performed. Ash from a massive wildfire that took place in the Ría de Vigo watershed ...
Many of the impacts can be somewhat unpredictable, Wagner added. For example, in addition to negative effects on human health, wildfire smoke also reduces earnings for workers in sectors like manufacturing, crop production, utilities, health care, real estate, administration and transportation, accordi...
Our analysis shows that wildfire risk is increasing in the western (and some portions of the eastern) United States due to warming temperatures and increasing drought. From property damage to health issues, theimpacts of wildfires are multifaceted.Insurance rates can skyrocket, or insurance ...