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 ...

Wildfires can expose people to harmful airborne compounds like ash and smoke. Research has shown that even months after a ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the days after the devastating wildfires, air monitors recorded some of the highest levels of air pollution in recent ...

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 ...

Wildfire smoke — such as that pictured here from the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles — can have negative health effects, even for those living many miles away.