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Wildfire Smoke Forces Millions of Americans Indoors

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June 8, 2023

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As thick layers of smoke from hundreds of Canadian wildfires descended on a large swathe of North America this week, millions of people were urged to stay indoors, run HEPA filters and venture outside only with a high-quality face mask. Wildfire smoke, a seasonal hazard in parts of the US, had virtually overnight become an everyone problem.

In many North American cities, some level of air pollution is routine, whether from fossil fuels, vehicle emissions, natural gas used for heating or fumes from chemical production. But wildfire smoke is particularly bad for humans, and that has to do with both size of the particles involved and what those particles are made of.

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