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Canada’s fire forecast looks bad. The impacts could spill across the border into the US
It could be another dangerously smoky summer for some in the United States as Canada prepares for a busy wildfire season with ...
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Air quality warning triggered for Interlake due to wildfire smoke
Residents in parts of Manitoba are being warned to take precautions as wildfire smoke from Nopiming Provincial Park drifts ...
Smoke from Canadian wildfires to move through Minnesota Friday
The smoke from the wildfires entered northwestern Minnesota early Friday morning and will continue to push south throughout ...
Smoke from wildfires keeps making N.J.’s air quality worse. It may be a ‘warning sign.’
A new study says nearly half of N.J. residents are living in areas that had unhealthy levels of air pollution.
Wildfire smoke and extreme heat can occur together: Preparing for the combined health effects of a hot, smoky future
Exposure to either wildfire smoke or extreme heat poses a significant threat to health. When they occur together, it may ...
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Wildfire smoke air pollution: new approaches needed to protect people affected
A vast body of evidence on the health effects of air pollution led to North American ... across the entire range of exposure levels.18 Lastly, wildfire emissions cannot be controlled at source. Canada ...
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In California, Flawed Air Rules Threaten Farmworkers as Wildfires Pump More Smoke Onto Fields
The January wildfires ... air pollution levels reach unhealthy levels, employers would have to take steps to protect their outdoor workers, potentially including handing out masks and adjusting ...
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Canada’s fire forecast looks bad. The impacts could spill across the border into the US
Planet-heating fossil fuel pollution is tipping the odds that wildfire seasons like 2023 and 2024 – Canada’s worst season on record and its second-worst season of the century, respectively ...