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Tag Archives: California
Air Quality Alerts Issued in California Due to Wildfires
Officials are advising those in the Bay Area and the San Joaquin Valley to limit their time outside as wildfire smoke and ash fills the air. Air quality remains a concern in California thanks to severe active wildfires and health … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality, USA, USA & Canada
Tagged Air Pollution, Bay Area, California, San Joaquin Valley, Sequoia National Park, USA, wildfires
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How people respond to wildfire smoke
As wildfires become commonplace in the western U.S. and around the world, checking the daily air quality warning has become as routine as checking the weather. But what people do with that data — whether it drives them to slip … Continue reading
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Tagged Air Pollution, Air Quality Index (AQI), California, Research, USA, wildfires
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Breathing wildfire smoke during pregnancy raises risk of premature birth, study finds
Stanford University research estimates that smoky California air may have resulted in as many as 7,000 preterm births As California wildfires continue to rage and the Lake Tahoe area faces some of the highest air pollution levels in the world, … Continue reading
California lake becomes pool for air pollution during wildfire season
Lake Tahoe has experienced “especially bad” air quality through the second half of this summer, and new data reveals the lake’s air quality is at its worst levels of this decade. The intense wildfire season California has experienced so far … Continue reading
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Tagged Air Pollution, California, Lake Tahoe, USA, wildfires
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Wildfire smoke has caused rise in Covid infections and deaths, study finds
Researchers speculate that smoke helps spread the virus and weakens lungs, making symptoms more severe Pollutants in smoke billowing from huge wildfires in the west of America have probably caused an increase in Covid-19 infections and deaths across several US … Continue reading
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Tagged Air Pollution, California, COVID-19, Oregon, PM2.5, Research, smoke, USA, wildfires
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Researchers develop method to better predict when wildfire smoke affects residents
Last month, New York City and other cities along the east coast experienced some of the worst air pollution in the world. The cause? Wildfires in Canada, California, and Oregon so large they produced smoke that drifted thousands of miles. … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality, Canada, Health Effects of Air Pollution, USA, USA & Canada
Tagged Air Pollution, California, Canada, Health Effects of Air Pollution, Oregon, Research, smoke, USA, wildfires
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Denver’s air is bad today. It’s expected to be worse Thursday and Friday.
State health officials warn of a mix of ozone and new surge of smoke from California fires Colorado health officials are anticipating “very poor air quality” along the Front Range through the weekend as smoke wafting from California wildfires mixes … Continue reading
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Tagged Air Pollution, California, Colorado, Denver, ozone levels, smoke, USA, wildfires
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Four in 10 Americans live in counties with unhealthy air pollution levels
Fairbanks, Alaska, Los Angeles and California cities get F rating American Lung Association tracks particle and ozone pollution New research from the American Lung Association finds that more than four in 10 people – a whopping 135 million in the … Continue reading
