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Live in a wildfire zone? Be prepared
More Americans now live in wildfire zones as wildfire seasons have become longer, with hotter, faster-moving fires.
Jun 27, 2022
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Wildfire smoke exposure in pregnancy may impact birth weight
Wildfires can decimate forests, destroy communities and fill the air with noxious smoke—but their impact may be even more far-reaching, affecting the health of babies in the womb.
May 10, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Exposure to wildfires increases risk of cancer
A new study from McGill University finds higher incidence of lung cancer and brain tumors in people exposed to wildfires. The study, which tracks over 2 million Canadians over a period of 20 years, is the first to examine ...
May 09, 2022
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Genetics
Exposure to wildfire smoke linked to altered DNA structure in monkeys
Take a seat, chin to the sky. Insert the swab, rotate slowly and switch nostrils—we know the drill. Only this time, it's not a COVID-19 test. And the nose is attached to a monkey.
Mar 08, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Post-2020 wildfires, Oregon's Santiam Canyon residents are burned out by trauma, red tape
More than a year after wildfires devastated Oregon's Santiam Canyon, an Oregon State University report paints a challenging picture: Residents are struggling to find housing, wrestling with government bureaucracy and worried ...
Feb 01, 2022
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More than 47,000 Brazilians hospitalized by exposure to wildfire air pollution every year
Last year the number of wildfires in Brazil increased 12.7 percent to a decade-high. Now the largest and most comprehensive study to date of the health effects of wildfires in Brazil reveals the serious health consequences ...
Sep 08, 2021
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Wildfire smoke exposure during pregnancy increases preterm birth risk
Exposure to wildfire smoke during pregnancy increases the risk that a baby will be born too early, a new Stanford University study suggests.
Aug 23, 2021
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Three million asthmatics and over half of U.S. are being affected by wildfire smoke, says research
An estimated 3 million asthmatics and over half of the states in the United States are being affected by particulates that are blowing over them from fires in Canada and the western U.S., according to new research at The ...
Aug 16, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Wildfire smoke may have contributed to thousands of extra COVID-19 cases and deaths in the western US in 2020
Thousands of COVID-19 cases and deaths in California, Oregon, and Washington between March and December 2020 may be attributable to increases in fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) from wildfire smoke, according to a new ...
Aug 16, 2021
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Climate change worsens wildfires, bringing poorer health to all
(HealthDay)—Smoke from wildfires burning along the West Coast is choking the entire United States, reminding everyone of the hazards of climate change.
Aug 09, 2021
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