‘I couldn’t breathe’: the deadly health burden of wildfire smoke
Wildfire smoke is emerging as a significant global health crisis, causing more annual deaths than other natural disasters combined. Scientists are studying how toxic particulates from forest fires infiltrate the body and impact long-term mortality.
People look toward the downtown skyline from the Toronto Islands as forest fires cause poor air quality over the city./Getty Images People look toward the downtown skyline from the Toronto Islands as forest fires cause poor air quality over the city./Getty Images The Saturday read Wildfires ‘I couldn’t breathe’: the deadly health burden of wildfire smoke Scientists race to untangle complex links between exposure and mortality as fire weather grows more prevalent
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