Wildfire smoke is becoming a nationwide health threat
- Written by Richard E. Peltier, Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst
An image from the International Space Station captures plumes of smoke from California wildfires on August 4, 2018. NASA
The impacts of recent forest fires in California reach well beyond the burned areas. Smoke from the Camp Fire created hazardous air quality conditions in San Francisco, more than 170 miles to the southwest – but it...
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