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Right here, on the heels of the Lahaina disaster and a summer full of Canadian wildfire smoke, we’ve been wondering: when the air fills with smoke, what are you really breathing? How best to protect yourself? And how bad is it going to get?

Along with Alok, Maiya May from Weathered brings some long-term perspective on fires, climate change and the shifting patterns of where we live.

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:: Alok Patel, MD ::
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:: Sheena William, RN ::
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:: Maiya May ::
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Overall health effects of wildfire smoke:
https://www.epa.gov/wildfire-smoke-co...

https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/features/wil...

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/...


Particulate Matter
https://www3.epa.gov/region1/airquali...


Possible Link to Dementia:
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama...


Understanding the Air Quality Index:
https://www.airnow.gov/aqi/aqi-basics....


Health Impacts of 2023 Canadian Wildfires:
https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-...

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/w...

https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/abs/1...


Personal Protection:
https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-qualit....


00:00 Intro
01:20 lung and cardiac impact of smoke
02:19 Maiya May talks about long-term trends
04:23 What is in wildfire smoke?
06:04 Effects of repeated exposure
06:30 Studies on firefighters
07:38 Surprising but less-studied health impacts
08:12 impact on pregant women and babies
09:11 Breaking down the Air Quality Index (AQI)
10:24 Personal protection