Wildfire Smoke Increases Youth Mental Health
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•Wildfire smoke exposure boosts risk of mental illness in youth
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A new study of 10,000 9 to 11 year olds in Colorado found that each additional day of exposure to wildfire smoke boosts risk of mental illness.
The study comes as smoke from Southern California fires blankets much of the West , thickening skies as far away as Las Vegas and parts of Colorado .
Hospital admissions for depression, suicide attempts and psychotic episodes have been shown to increase in adults on high pollution days.
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