(AQI, US EPA). Such sudden increase in PM2.5caused by wildfire smoke can thus particularly affect vulnerable populations such as children and the elderly23,36,42,43. Overall, a greater impact of wildfire smoke PM2.5on public health relative to ambient levels can be expected as PM2.5...
Existing studies on the economic impact of wildfire smoke have focused on single fire events or entire seasons without considering the marginal effect of daily fire progression on downwind communities. Neither approach allows for an examination of the impact of even the most basic fire attributes, ...
On Wednesday, Los Angeles air was considered "hazardous," according to AirNow, a government-run site on air quality data. A day prior, the Los Angeles Department of Public Health issued a smoke advisory, stating "smoke impact from the Palisades Wildfire burning has caused unhealthy air quality...
What's in the smoke can affect the quality of your air -- and your health.Fine particles from the smoke can alsonegatively affect the quality of your outdoor and indoor air. Certain pollutants can impact human health. These include ozone, nitrogen dioxide, and sulfur dioxide. Wildfires create...
Wildfire smoke is an increasing environmental health threat to which children are particularly vulnerable, for both physiologic and behavioral reasons. To address the need for improved public health messaging this review summarizes current knowledge and
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 sm...
Impact of wildfire smoke on adverse pregnancy outcomes in Colorado, 2007–2015. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019;16:3720. CAS PubMed Central Google Scholar Holstius David M, Reid Colleen E, Jesdale Bill M, Morello-Frosch Rachel. Birth weight following pregnancy during the 2003 Southern...
We conducted a scoping review on the impacts of wildfire smoke on mental health and well-being. Our aim was to review the existing information on wildfire smoke’s impact on mental health and well-being and to develop a model for understanding the ways in which wildfire smoke may contribute ...
Airborne fine particles have been regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency since the 1970s, and this pollution is generally decreasing across the country,except for wildfire-prone Western states. The health effects of the smoke-derived particles also likely have a disproportionate impac...
Wildfires impact public health since wildfire smoke presents a source of air pollution in neighboring and even more distant populated areas [30,85]. Epidemiological studies estimate that the global mortality burden attributable to landscape fire smoke is approximately 339,000 deaths annually [75]. Betw...