Where there is wildfire smoke, there is toxicity

The health threat to city dwellers posed by Southern California wildfires like those of November 2008 may have been underestimated by officials. Detailed particulate analysis of the smoke produced by previous California wild fires indicates that the composition posed more serious potential threats to health than is generally realised, according to a new paper analysing particulate matter (PM) from wildfires in Southern California...

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