The smoke also can travel hundreds of miles, depending on weather conditions. Wildfire smoke presents dangers to health because it can harbor toxic chemicals and tiny particles. “Once inhaled ...

Wildfire smoke can cause adverse health effects 50 ... “Unfortunately,” she said, “there’s no real safe distance from smoke.” Emily Baumgaertner is a national health reporter for The ...

Wold agrees. “The distance from the wildfire smoke is important, as levels will lessen according to distance,” he says. “However, the particulate matter contained within wildfire smoke can ...

A study of air quality in New York City while it was heavily affected by Canadian wildfire smoke revealed that multi-day transport to the New York region significantly transformed the smoke ...

A significant body of research demonstrates that exposure to wildfire smoke has negative effects on the brain.

Yep, wildfire smoke can and will travel. And such smoke can linger for a while. The resulting path and distance all depends on how much smoke is generated and what the winds and weather end up doing.

The wildfire smoke that often wafts across the U.S. West ... that drops off quickly with distance,” Corwin said. “Substantial losses are specific to the area directly around the fire where ...

At work on Tuesday, about 10 minutes in the opposite direction, she noticed what she thought were clouds forming in the distance. She and her colleagues quickly realized it was smoke, but they ...