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‘I couldn’t breathe’: the deadly health burden of wildfire smoke

The Guardian World · Published 1h ago
‘I couldn’t breathe’: the deadly health burden of wildfire smoke

Scientists race to untangle complex links between exposure and mortality as fire weather grows more prevalent A thousand kilometres from the infernos gorging on northern Ontario’s boreal forests, Erin O’Connor watched the sky above Canada’s biggest city turn an “almost post-apocalyptic” orange as it

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Climate and weather events like this can affect communities, infrastructure and local economies. Directly involves Canada.

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Climate and weather events like this can affect communities, infrastructure and local economies. Directly involves Canada.

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