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wildfire smoke health effects

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LA fires: Long-term exposure to wildfire smoke is a growing health risk, and not well understood

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Long-term effects of wildfire smoke are less well understood, says Luke Montrose , an environmental toxicologist.

The acreage burned in wildfires in the U.S. has nearly doubled each decade since 1990 .

Communities have found themselves blanketed in smoke for days and weeks at a time increasingly often.

Repeated exposure to smoke may also have compounding health effects over time.

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