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Smoke from Canadian wildfires reaches US, Minnesota under air quality alert

May 13, 2024

Smoke from Canadian wildfires reaches US, Minnesota under air quality alert

Minnesota’s air quality alert was issued Sunday and will remain in place through Monday. (ABC News) (NEW YORK) — With over 100 active wildfires burning in Canada, wildfire smoke has drifted across the border into the United States, prompting Minnesota officials to issue the state’s first air quality alert of 2024 on Sunday. Several of […]

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Why smoke from wildfires could cause a host of symptoms — even in healthy people

June 7, 2023

Why smoke from wildfires could cause a host of symptoms — even in healthy people

Alex Kent/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — It’s not just sensitive populations who are at risk in the current poor air quality conditions covering a large swath of the U.S. due to the wildfires burning in Canada. Inhaling toxic smoke and ash from wildfires could weaken the immune system and cause damage to the body, […]