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California wildfires pass 4 million acres burned, doubling previous record – that's a lot of toxic smoke

  • Written by Joshua S. Fu, John D. Tickle Professor of Engineering and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee
imageWildfire smoke turned the San Francisco sky orange in the middle of the day in early September.Ray Chavez/Medianews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images

When you breathe in smoke from a wildfire, you’re probably inhaling more toxic chemicals than you realize.

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