California's wildfires threaten more homes due to urban expansion | Science News
As urbanization extends its reach into once-natural areas, more homes and people are at risk from wildfires.| Science News
As urbanization extends its reach into once-natural areas, more homes and people are at risk from wildfires.| Science News
New data suggest that cloth masks work to reduce coronavirus cases, though less well than medical masks.| Science News
The first country-by-country look at how dirty air affects when we die shows it can have more impact on mortality than breast or lung cancer.| Science News
On top of a pandemic, the United States is having an epic weather year — a combination of bad luck and a stage set by a warming climate.| Science News
Extreme wildfire events are becoming more common and while the immediate risks of particulate exposures to susceptible populations (i.e., elderly, asthmatics) are appreciated, the long-term health effects are not known. In 2017, the Seeley Lake (SL), MT area experienced unprecedented levels of wildfire smoke from July 31 to September 18, with a daily average of 220.9 μg/m3. The aim of this study was to conduct health assessments in the community and evaluate potential adverse health effects....| MDPI
Background In 2012, Colorado experienced one of its worst wildfire seasons of the past decade. The goal of this study was to investigate the relationship of local PM2.5 levels, modeled using the Weather Research and Forecasting Model with Chemistry, with emergency department visits and acute hospitalizations for respiratory and cardiovascular outcomes during the 2012 Colorado wildfires. Methods Conditional logistic regression was used to assess the relationship between both continuous and cat...| BioMed Central
