Wildfire Smoke Is Even More Dangerous Than Anyone Knew
Smoke exposure, researchers have found, raises the risk of dementia, poor mental health, fertility problems, and ...
LA fires: Long-term exposure to wildfire smoke is a growing health risk, and not well understood
Millions of people across the Los Angeles area are being exposed to wildfire smoke as fires burn through homes and vehicles.
Wildfires ignite infection risks, by weakening the body’s immune defences and spreading bugs in smoke
Over the past several days, the world has watched on in shock as wildfires have devastated large parts of Los Angeles. Beyond ...
How America courted increasingly destructive wildfires − and what that means for protecting homes today
The fires burning in the Los Angeles area are a powerful example of why humans have learned to fear wildfire. Fires can level ...
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How exposure to wildfire smoke can put your health at risk
As wildfires rage in southern California, Scripps News spoke with Dr. Omer Awan, a professor at the University of Maryland ...
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Opinion: Colleen E. Reid: Wildfire smoke’s health risks can linger in homes that escape burning
When wildfires like the Marshall Fire reach the wildland-urban interface ... the chemicals released are different from what ...
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Cancer is the unseen danger in the Los Angeles fires
Wildfires are storming into urban areas more frequently, and toxins in homes and cars are increasing cancer risk for ...
Why California keeps building homes where wildfires burn
The L.A. wildfires expose California’s difficult road to navigate between disaster risk and solving the state’s housing ...
Wildland firefighters face a big pay cut if Congress doesn’t act − that’s taking a toll on a workforce already under stress
As cool weather arrives and the number of U.S. wildfires declines, wildland firefighters who have spent months working in the ...
Fire tornadoes are a risk under California's extreme wildfire conditions
As if they aren’t already facing enough, firefighters in California also could encounter fire tornadoes — a rare but ...
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Wildland firefighters face a big pay cut if Congress doesn’t act − that’s taking a toll on a workforce already under stress
The federal wildland fire system also incentivizes overworking ... have been injured or had an illness related to their work. Smoke inhalation, living in close quarters and the daily physical ...