Wildfires

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Healing the lungs after wildfire

Breathe Easy: Protecting Our Lungs from Wildfire Smoke

Are wildfires exposing risks of cloth masks?

Home Precautions for Wildfire Smoke and Smog

Articles/Studies

As wildfires intensify, prolonged exposure to pollution linked to premature death Researchers have found evidence that living in areas prone to wildfire smoke may negatively impact an individual's life expectancy.

Exposure to remote wildfire smoke drifting across the US linked to increased medical visits for heart and lung problems

Trees 'hold their breath' to protect themselves from wildfire smoke

Breathing heavy wildfire smoke may increase risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200415084314.htm)

How to Protect Yourself from Smoky Wildfire Air

Wildfires and Declining Air Quality: Treating the Rise in Environmental Illness

April 2021 'This has never happened': California's only wildfire research center makes scary discovery

Fine Particles From Wildfire Smoke Is More Harmful Than Pollution From Other Sources