Your Questions About Wildfire Smoke and Health, Answered
As wildfires ravage Los Angeles, experts answer key questions about how wildfire smoke affects health and how to protect yourself.
How To Protect Yourself Against Wildfire Smoke
The Los Angeles wildfires have been generating large amounts of smoke that can include toxic fumes and fine particulate matter. Here are ways to protect yourself.
How Wildfire Smoke Affects Your Health—and How You Can Protect Yourself
The composition of a wildfire can also have an impact on human health. With the California fires engulfing homes and businesses, smoke in the region is likely carrying chemicals released from synthetic building materials that are more toxic than those emitted from burning vegetation.
Wildfire smoke: What are the health risks?
Multiple massive wildfires are raging in Los Angeles, blanketing the surrounding regions under a pungent haze caused by smoke carrying noxious gases and particulate matter that pose serious health risks.
How to Monitor Air Quality and Protect Yourself From Wildfire Smoke
Fortunately, the US Environmental Protection Agency has a resource called the Air Quality Index to help monitor air quality. We'll explain how it works and how you can use it to a
California Wildfires: How Smoke Harms Your Body
As wildfires blaze across California, here is how inhaling smoke could affect your health, from itchy eyes to dementia risk.
Wildfire Smoke Inside Homes Can Create Health Risks That Linger for Months
Santa Ana winds are pushing wildfires closer to residential neighborhoods, creating the largest wildfire in Los Angeles' history.
Here’s How Wildfire Smoke Can Impact Your Health
Wildfire smoke is becoming an increasingly common health hazard as wildfires grow more frequent and intense. Understanding the health impacts of wildfire smoke and taking precautions can help protect you and your loved ones.
This Type of Air Purifier Can Protect You From the LA Wildfire Smoke
As three major fires continue to burn in the Los Angeles area, 17 million residents are affected by the drifting smoke. An air purifier with a HEPA filter can help.
What to know about the dangers of wildfire smoke
Wildfire smoke produces particles in the air that can damage your lungs and respiratory system. Here are some ways to protect yourself.
Wildfire smoke can cause chronic inflammation. Here are 6 ways to protect yourself.
Wildfire smoke is made up of tiny particles that can enter our airways, causing health effects like heart and lung inflammation.
California wildfires: How smoke, poor air quality can impact health of people hundreds of miles from Los Angeles
Smoke from wildfires — like the ones in Los Angeles — can have health consequences. Here's what experts expect.
Wildfire smoke could impact air quality in San Diego as fires blaze across Los Angeles
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6 Home Air Purifiers Built To Filter Wildfire Smoke
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Flames, smoke and smoldering homes as firefighters battle wildfires in Southern California
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Wildfire smoke from raging California blazes is putting millions at risk
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Pacific Palisades fire live map: Real-time tools let you track wildfires and smoke in Los Angeles
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Wildfires cause path of destruction through California
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Catastrophic California wildfires too big a crisis for small man, Donald Trump
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