logo
welcome
About us
Newsletter
News Widget
Media Inquiries

Summary

Wildfire Smoke Harms Health

This is a California news story, published by Wired, that relates primarily to the Environmental Protection Agency news.

California news

For more California news, you can click here:

more California news

climate change news

For more climate change news, you can click here:

more climate change news

Wired news

For more news from Wired, you can click here:

more news from Wired

About the Otherweb

Otherweb, Inc is a public benefit corporation, dedicated to improving the quality of news people consume. We are non-partisan, junk-free, and ad-free. We use artificial intelligence (AI) to remove junk from your news feed, and allow you to select the best science news, business news, entertainment news, and much more. If you like climate change news, you might also like this article about

wildfire pollution

. We are dedicated to bringing you the highest-quality news, junk-free and ad-free, about your favorite topics. Please come every day to read the latest wildfire smoke news, Smoke Exposure news, climate change news, and other high-quality news about any topic that interests you. We are working hard to create the best news aggregator on the web, and to put you in control of your news feed - whether you choose to read the latest news through our website, our news app, or our daily newsletter - all free!

smoke pollution
Wired

Wired

•

Wildfire Smoke Is Even More Dangerous Than Anyone Knew

Wired
Summary
Nutrition label

86% Informative

Smoke contains microscopic particles known asPM 2.5 , small enough to easily wiggle its way into our lungs and then into our bloodstreams.

By 2054 , over 125 million Americans each year will be exposed to “red” air quality, considered anunhealthylevel by the Environmental Protection Agency .

Smoke can affect fertility treatments, especially in vitro fertilization treatments.

Wildland firefighters need to be aware of the impact a long career in firefighting can have on the human brain.

The odds of a dementia diagnosis rose by 18 percent for every microgram per cubic meter increase in wildfire pollution over three years .

The average PM 2.5 exposure for a census tract near the 2018 Camp Fire in California was 1.2 micrograms per cubic meters between 2006 and 2020 .

VR Score

90

Informative language

91

Neutral language

49

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

66

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

detected

Time-value

medium-lived

External references

22

https://firststreet.org/research-library/atrocious-airhttps://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/health/2024-08-15/wildfire-smoke-wildland-firefighters-neurodegenerative-disease-alzheimershttps://www.yalemedicine.org/news/how-bad-is-wildfire-smoke-for-your-health#:~:text=The%20particles%20can%20also%20pass,still%20affect%20you%2C%20she%20addshttps://ww2.arb.ca.gov/cleanaircentershttps://www.hcn.org/articles/what-we-learned-about-wildfire-smoke-in-2024/https://www.opb.org/article/2020/09/15/oregons-air-is-so-hazardous-its-breaking-records/https://idahocapitalsun.com/2024/08/12/study-finds-unhealthy-air-quality-from-wildfires-can-affect-fertility-treatments/#:~:text=Researchers%20find%20patients%20exposed%20to,or%20frozen%20for%20future%20implantation.https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/pdf/10.1289/EHP13427https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39107885/https://www.preventionweb.net/news/how-researchers-measure-wildfire-smoke-exposure-doesnt-capture-long-term-health-effects-andhttps://www.epa.gov/pm-pollution/particulate-matter-pm-basics#:~:text=Particulate%20matter%20contains%20microscopic%20solids,the%20greatest%20risk%20to%20health.https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-21708-0https://www.epa.gov/emergencies-iaq/wildfires-and-indoor-air-quality-schools-and-commercial-buildingshttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/wildfire-smoke-health-long-term-care-facilities/https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/24_0517_ST_Wildland_Firefighter_Respirator_May%202024.pdfhttps://www.hcn.org/articles/north-pollution-air-quality-report-card-flunks-the-west/https://www.airnow.gov/sites/default/files/2020-06/Fact%20Sheet-2020.pdfhttps://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282(23)02097-6/abstracthttps://www.climatedesk.org/https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/fullarticle/2827124?guestAccessKey=fa5fca5a-bcdf-4801-a2dc-81b6e87b95dd&utm_source=for_the_media&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_content=tfl&utm_term=112524https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adl1252https://www.colorado.edu/today/2024/09/11/wildfire-smoke-exposure-boosts-risk-mental-illness-youth

Source diversity

20

firststreet.orgwww.boisestatepublicradio.orgwww.yalemedicine.orgww2.arb.ca.govwww.hcn.orgwww.opb.orgidahocapitalsun.comehp.niehs.nih.govpubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.govwww.preventionweb.netwww.epa.govwww.nature.comwww.cbsnews.comwww.dhs.govwww.airnow.govwww.fertstert.orgwww.climatedesk.orgjamanetwork.comwww.science.orgwww.colorado.edu

Affiliate links

no affiliate links

Read full article