Air quality monitoring not equipped to measure full dangers from Eaton, Palisades fires, experts say
Unlike typical wildfires, smoke from the L.A. fires — consisting of toxic materials from burned down homes, cars, and more — ...
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Wildfire smoke is always toxic. LA’s is even worse.
Los Angeles residents are breathing bits of "cars, metal pipes, plastics." The health impacts could reverberate long after ...
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WVU toxicologist warns air pollutants from California fires will drift hundreds of miles, triggering breathing and cardiovascular problems
As the deadly California fires persisted into a second week, a West Virginia University air quality expert said people within hundreds of miles may experience the effects.
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Small airborne embers play a big role in the spread of wildfires
While authorities don’t know what sparked the deadly fires in the Los Angeles area, they do know that embers have helped ...
LA fires: Long-term exposure to wildfire smoke is a growing health risk, and not well understood
Millions of people across the Los Angeles area are being exposed to wildfire smoke as fires burn through homes and vehicles.
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Los Angeles is a wake-up call for the West – especially Durango
After fierce winds whipped fire out of brush-covered hills on Jan. 7, entire Los Angeles neighborhoods burned down. Within a ...
California wildfires live updates: At least 27 dead as 3 blazes still burn in Los Angeles, Ventura counties
Three wildfires continue to burn in the Los Angeles region, according to Cal Fire. The Palisades and Eaton fires have ...
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Capitalist Housing Markets Make Natural Disasters Worse
From price gouging to risky developing to insurance dysfunction, the dynamics of private housing markets are making the Los ...
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New climate date shows Oregon heating up
As you bundle up to keep warm during the cold winter days we are experiencing, you may not be thinking about the increasing ...
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What Pregnant People Need to Know About Vaccines for a Healthy New Year
The New Year brings hope for pregnant individuals, emphasizing health and preventing respiratory illnesses like flu, COVID-19, and RSV through vaccination, which benefits both mother and infant.