Wildfire smoke reaches the East Coast: Here’s how to protect yourself from the effects
4 years, 4 months ago

Wildfire smoke reaches the East Coast: Here’s how to protect yourself from the effects

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Wildfire smoke generated from multiple blazes has spread from the West Coast all the way to areas like Washington DC and New York City, causing skies to appear hazier than normal. In comparison, the air quality in California, Oregon, and parts of Washington state remain at dangerous levels due to the wildfires, causing problems for the states’ residents. Seal your home from smoke Priority number one should be keeping doors and windows shut if you’re living in an area where the air quality is at dangerous levels. Health experts recommend using HEPA filters, as they use a fan to force air through fine mesh that will trap particles in indoor heating, ventilation, cooling and air purification systems.

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How to protect yourself against dangerous air pollutants caused by fires
1 day, 10 hours ago

How to protect yourself against dangerous air pollutants caused by fires

NPR  

How to protect yourself against dangerous air pollutants caused by fires LEILA FADEL, HOST: The fires in Los Angeles have killed at least 25 people and chased tens of thousands from home. Dr. Medell Briggs is an emergency medicine clinician at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. MARTÍNEZ: Doctor, what are you advising patients about when to leave their homes …

Risks from ash and air pollution remain for people returning after wildfires. Here are symptoms to watch for
3 days, 10 hours ago

Risks from ash and air pollution remain for people returning after wildfires. Here are symptoms to watch for

CNN  

CNN — As some people return to the structures spared from Los Angeles wildfires, experts warn that they should be careful of the air inside and especially cautious when cleaning up. You especially don’t want to come into contact with the ash in your lungs, eyes or skin.” Los Angeles Public Health has declared a local health emergency for the …

Why smoke from the Los Angeles fires is so dangerous
6 days, 5 hours ago

Why smoke from the Los Angeles fires is so dangerous

Live Mint  

Wildfires in California aren’t all wild anymore. “The combination of wildfire smoke in conjunction with human elements might be even more dangerous," said Dr. Sanjay Rajagopalan, chief of cardiovascular medicine at University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute in Cleveland. “You can be hundreds of miles away and still have the effects of wildfire smoke on your health," said Dr. …

Monstrous wildfires blanket Southern California with smoky air, threatening the health of millions
Trending News
1 week ago

Monstrous wildfires blanket Southern California with smoky air, threatening the health of millions

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Massive wildfires burning in the Los Angeles area have filled the air with a thick cloud of smoke and ash, prompting air quality advisories across a vast stretch of Southern California. About 17 million people living across Southern California are covered by smoke and dust advisories issued for the three wildfires, according to the South Coast Air …

The air purifier you bought during the pandemic may still help you breathe better now
1 month ago

The air purifier you bought during the pandemic may still help you breathe better now

CNN  

CNN — Risks from the Covid-19 pandemic and increasingly intense wildfire seasons have sparked interest in air purifiers as a tool to keep indoor air healthy. What air purifiers can and can’t do Air purifiers can’t fully eliminate indoor air pollutants, but they can help with the process of cleaning indoor air and come with little to no risk, experts …

Opinion: Wildfire smoke is polluting California and beyond. Here’s how to protect yourself
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: Wildfire smoke is polluting California and beyond. Here’s how to protect yourself

LA Times  

The Santa Ana winds caused a massive wildfire this month in Ventura County, with stunning visuals of orange skies in Oxnard reminiscent of 2020 in the San Francisco Bay Area. You can’t rely on the sky’s color, which can be deceiving: In 2020, wildfires turned San Francisco’s sky dark orange, but air quality was actually worse after the sun returned …

Terrible air quality, smoky conditions in parts of Southern California due to fires
4 months, 1 week ago

Terrible air quality, smoky conditions in parts of Southern California due to fires

LA Times  

With the backdrop of a smoky sunset, a California Highway Patrol officer advises residents at a road block on Highway 38 because of the Line fire Sunday in Yucaipa, Calif. Two fires burning in the mountains of Southern California have caused major air quality concerns in some regions as wildfire smoke spreads. The South Coast Air Quality Management District has …

Canadian wildfire smoke returning to East Coast - and will stick around for days
5 months ago

Canadian wildfire smoke returning to East Coast - and will stick around for days

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Smoke from Canadian wildfires will bring hazy air to New York City and several major …

Unhealthy air quality lingers across parts of U.S. from drifting Canadian wildfire smoke
1 year, 5 months ago

Unhealthy air quality lingers across parts of U.S. from drifting Canadian wildfire smoke

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — For Chicagoans planning a lengthy outdoor run Monday, “today is not necessarily the day for that,” according to Kim Biggs of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. Extensive swaths of the northern United States awoke to unhealthy air quality Monday morning or were experiencing it by midafternoon, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s AirNow.gov Smoke and Fire map. Fine …

How to stay healthy as smoke spreads from Canada wildfires
1 year, 6 months ago

How to stay healthy as smoke spreads from Canada wildfires

Hindustan Times  

Massive fires are burning up stretches of Canadian forests and sending plumes of smoke into the U.S. The Statue of Liberty blanketed in smoke from Canada wildfires in New York, US, As a haze stretches over parts of the U.S., health authorities have raised the alarm about poor air quality. You should especially avoid strenuous activities like going for a …

Canada wildfires: What to do when the air quality is bad outside
1 year, 6 months ago

Canada wildfires: What to do when the air quality is bad outside

Al Jazeera  

Haze has settled over large swaths of North America from fires, an issue expected to continue into hottest months. Air quality considered “unhealthy” stretched from Quebec province in Canada to the US state of Michigan in the west, Connecticut in the east, and Virginia to the south, according to a real-time map maintained by the US Environmental Protection Agency. In …

Smoke continues to cover large swathes of US as Canada fires rage
1 year, 6 months ago

Smoke continues to cover large swathes of US as Canada fires rage

Al Jazeera  

Nearly a third of US citizens are under air quality warnings as haze covers Midwest and East Coast. Poor air quality caused by Canadian wildfires has continued to affect large swathes of North America, with nearly a third of United States residents warned of unhealthy conditions. Air quality warnings on Thursday stretched from Wisconsin and northern Illinois across Michigan and …

Chicago air quality unhealthy as Canadian wildfire emissions reach record levels and send smoke to Europe
1 year, 6 months ago

Chicago air quality unhealthy as Canadian wildfire emissions reach record levels and send smoke to Europe

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The air quality in Chicago has reached unhealthy levels as the city is affected by …

A third day of smoky air gives millions in US East Coast, Canada a new view of wildfire threat
1 year, 7 months ago

A third day of smoky air gives millions in US East Coast, Canada a new view of wildfire threat

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Images of smoke obscuring the New York skyline and the Washington Monument this week have given the world a new picture of the perils of wildfire, far from where blazes regularly turn skies into hazardous haze. A third day of unhealthy air from Canadian wildfires may have been an unnerving novelty for millions of people on the …

New York air pollution hit hazardous ratings as wildfire smoke plagues East Coast
1 year, 7 months ago

New York air pollution hit hazardous ratings as wildfire smoke plagues East Coast

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Yellowing and ashen skies smothered New York City’s skyline on Wednesday as wildfire smoke drifting …

Canada wildfires: How safe is it to go outside?
1 year, 7 months ago

Canada wildfires: How safe is it to go outside?

Hindustan Times  

Millions of Americans woke up to apocalyptic, orange skies Wednesday as thick smoke from wildfires in Canada moved across the US Northeast, spawning air quality warnings from Massachusetts to Washington, DC. In New York, air pollution reached record — and dangerous — levels, putting the city atop the world’s worst for air quality. Health experts recommend everyone limit their time …

Air pollution cloaks eastern US for a second day. Here’s why there is so much smoke
1 year, 7 months ago

Air pollution cloaks eastern US for a second day. Here’s why there is so much smoke

Associated Press  

Intense smoke blanketed the northeastern United States for a second day Wednesday, turning the air a yellowish gray and prompting warnings for people to stay inside and keep windows closed. “I don’t remember fires of this scale in the last 10 years,” James said of the Quebec blazes. Strong winds high up in the atmosphere can transport smoke long distances …

The Age of Flames Reaches the US East Coast
55 years ago

The Age of Flames Reaches the US East Coast

Wired  

Smoke from wildfires in Canada has engulfed the East Coast, cloaking cities in a hazy smog and putting some 100 million people under air quality alerts. “There's no reason to think that those trends will suddenly stop.” “It’s a global problem now,” says Mary Prunicki, director of air pollution and health research at Stanford University’s Sean N. Parker Center for …

Millions under hazy skies as Canadian wildfire smoke spreads
1 year, 7 months ago

Millions under hazy skies as Canadian wildfire smoke spreads

Al Jazeera  

US pledges to send more help to Canada as wildfires prompt air quality warnings across large section of North America. Millions of people in North America are under air quality advisories as wildfires burning across Canada have prompted evacuations, disrupted air travel and caused apocalyptic, smoke-filled skies even thousands of kilometres from the blazes. Unhealthy air quality The wildfires have …

Canadian wildfires are choking Americans. Here’s why air quality got so bad and what can be done
1 year, 7 months ago

Canadian wildfires are choking Americans. Here’s why air quality got so bad and what can be done

Salon  

New York City residents have been experiencing a shocking decline in air quality, ranking the city among the worst polluted globally. At one point Wednesday afternoon, IQAir, a Swiss air quality technology company, reported that NYC had an air quality index of 353, which is more than double that of Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Delhi, India, two mega-cities often …

How to stay healthy as smoke spreads from Canada wildfires
1 year, 7 months ago

How to stay healthy as smoke spreads from Canada wildfires

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Massive fires are burning up stretches of Canadian forests and sending plumes of smoke into the U.S. As a haze stretches over parts of the U.S., health authorities have raised the alarm about poor air quality. You should especially avoid strenuous activities like going for a run, since heavy breathing will increase the amount of smoke you …

Wildfire smoke map: When US air quality from Canada fires will improve
1 year, 7 months ago

Wildfire smoke map: When US air quality from Canada fires will improve

Daily Mail  

Raging wildfires across Canada are continuing to cause thick smoke to spread south in the United States, brining dangerous levels of air pollution to the most populous parts of the country. Pictured: A map from AirNow.gov showing the air quality over the east coast of the United States as of June 8, with purple indicating 'very unhealthy' conditions New York …

New York under dire air quality alert amid heavy smoke from raging wildfires in Canada
1 year, 7 months ago

New York under dire air quality alert amid heavy smoke from raging wildfires in Canada

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy New York City and large parts of the tri-state area were placed under air quality …

Into the Haze: Wildfire smoke envelops Northern US Skies, from New York to Massachusetts, air alerts issued
1 year, 7 months ago

Into the Haze: Wildfire smoke envelops Northern US Skies, from New York to Massachusetts, air alerts issued

Hindustan Times  

The smoke emanating from hundreds of wildfires raging in eastern Canada has traveled southward, creating a smoky haze over New York City and prompting air alerts to be issued from Minnesota to Massachusetts. New York City’s air quality index soared above 150 on Tuesday, as reported by IQair reaching an "unhealthy" level for vulnerable groups such as the elderly, young …

New York City grapples with wildfire smoke from Quebec as health concerns rise
1 year, 7 months ago

New York City grapples with wildfire smoke from Quebec as health concerns rise

Hindustan Times  

New York City witnessed a concerning surge in air pollution on Tuesday as smoke from over a hundred wildfires in Quebec drifted southward. New York City ranks as the global leader in severe air pollution due to the southward drift of harmful smoke from over a hundred wildfires raging in Quebec. At one point on Tuesday night, New York City's …

Canadian wildfire smoke spreads ‘hazardous’ air in the US
1 year, 7 months ago

Canadian wildfire smoke spreads ‘hazardous’ air in the US

Al Jazeera  

Smoke from Canadian wildfires poured into the US East Coast and Midwest on Wednesday, covering the capitals of both nations in an unhealthy haze, sending school recesses indoors and prompting people to fish out pandemic-era face masks. While Canadian officials expanded evacuation orders and asked other countries for help fighting more than 420 fires nationwide, air quality with what the …

Wildfire Smoke Is Erasing Progress on Clean Air
2 years, 3 months ago

Wildfire Smoke Is Erasing Progress on Clean Air

New York Times  

Smoke from wildfires has worsened over the past decade, potentially reversing decades of improvements in Western air quality made under the Clean Air Act, according to research published Thursday from Stanford University. Where Wildfire Smoke Pollution Increased Over the Past Decade Micrograms per cubic meter of PM2.5 0 0.25 0.5 1 2 4+ Seattle Spokane WASH. Portland MAINE Missoula MONT. …

Wildfire smoke is here to stay. Here’s how to clean the air inside your home
3 years, 3 months ago

Wildfire smoke is here to stay. Here’s how to clean the air inside your home

Salon  

The fierce wildfires that broke out across much of the western United States this summer, spreading smoke across hundreds of miles, continue to pose a serious health hazard to millions. To cope with wildfire smoke, many public health and air quality experts recommend what's known as a MERV 13 filter. If you don't have central air, or you have it …

Smoky L.A. skies are from wildfires to the north, officials say
3 years, 3 months ago

Smoky L.A. skies are from wildfires to the north, officials say

LA Times  

Smoke from the California wildfires obscures the setting sun and skyline in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday. By Thursday afternoon, dozens of people had called 911 to report the smoke or ask questions about the air quality, said Brian Humphrey, public information officer with the Los Angeles Fire Department. “Our recommendation is, if you see smoke at a great distance …

How to keep the air in your home clean when there’s wildfire smoke outside
3 years, 4 months ago

How to keep the air in your home clean when there’s wildfire smoke outside

LA Times  

Presley Mila Perez gets a ride on the shoulders of George Estrada in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., before wildfire evacuations began. Wildfire smoke doesn’t just stay in the area where the wildfire is happening because “smoke doesn’t know boundaries.” That’s why she suggests having a plan of action to stay indoors, create a clean air space in your home and …

Smoke from Northern California’s wildfires is moving toward Los Angeles
3 years, 4 months ago

Smoke from Northern California’s wildfires is moving toward Los Angeles

LA Times  

Hazy skies over the Los Angeles Basin in a view from the Griffith Observatory. Smoke from multiple Northern California wildfires is making its way south, creating potentially hazardous air quality for the Los Angeles area. The South Coast Air Quality Management District has issued an advisory through Thursday morning for large portions of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. …

‘How much more of this can we take?’ Wildfires prompt air quality advisories in Northern California
3 years, 4 months ago

‘How much more of this can we take?’ Wildfires prompt air quality advisories in Northern California

LA Times  

Motor traffic streams along Highway 50 against a smoke-filled sky near the community of Kyburz, Calif., which was under mandatory evacuation orders because of the Caldor fire. “Overall, there’s smoke pretty much covering most of Northern California,” said Bill Rasch, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Sacramento. The Bay Area Air Quality District extended its air quality advisory …

New York City air quality among world’s worst as US cities shrouded in smoke from wildfires
3 years, 5 months ago

New York City air quality among world’s worst as US cities shrouded in smoke from wildfires

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy New York’s Air Quality Index reading surged to 157 in Manhattan, after being engulfed in …

Wildfire smoke from West Coast shrouds New York City — 2,000 miles away
3 years, 5 months ago

Wildfire smoke from West Coast shrouds New York City — 2,000 miles away

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Wildfires raging in the western United States are creating such intense heat that they are …

Massive wildfires on the West Coast send haze to the East again
3 years, 5 months ago

Massive wildfires on the West Coast send haze to the East again

LA Times  

The wildfires raging in the western United States, including the massive Bootleg blaze in Oregon and fires in California, are creating hazy skies as far away as New York as the infernos spew smoke and ash into the air in columns up to six miles high. The smoke on the East Coast was reminiscent of last fall when large fires …

Wildfire smoke from the West clouds sky, hurts air quality on East Coast
3 years, 5 months ago

Wildfire smoke from the West clouds sky, hurts air quality on East Coast

LA Times  

Smoke and ash from massive wildfires in the American West clouded the sky and led to air quality alerts Wednesday on parts of the East Coast as the effects of the blazes were felt 2,500 miles away. The smoke blowing to the East Coast was reminiscent of last fall, when large blazes burning in Oregon’s worst wildfire season in recent …

Wildfire smoke now causes up to half the fine-particle pollution in Western U.S., study finds
4 years ago

Wildfire smoke now causes up to half the fine-particle pollution in Western U.S., study finds

LA Times  

The Golden Gate Bridge shrouded in wildfire smoke in September 2020, seen from a pier at Fort Baker near Sausalito. Wildfire smoke now accounts for up to half of all fine-particle pollution in the Western U.S., according to a new study that blames climate change for worsening air quality and health risks in both urban and rural communities in recent …

Study: Wildfires produced up to half of pollution in US West
4 years ago

Study: Wildfires produced up to half of pollution in US West

Associated Press  

— Wildfire smoke accounted for up to half of all health-damaging small particle air pollution in the western U.S. in recent years as warming temperatures fueled more destructive blazes, according to a study released Monday. The researchers used satellite images of smoke plumes and government air quality data to model how much pollution was generated nationwide by fires from 2016 …

How bad is all that wildfire smoke to our long-term health? ‘Frankly, we don’t really know’
4 years, 3 months ago

How bad is all that wildfire smoke to our long-term health? ‘Frankly, we don’t really know’

LA Times  

Breya Hodge walks her dog Sophie as smoke from the Bobcat fire and other blazes casts a pall over downtown Los Angeles recently. “Frankly, we don’t really know about the long-term effects of wildfire smoke because community exposures haven’t been long-term before,” said Dr. John Balmes, a professor of medicine at UC San Francisco and a member of the California …

Each hour of wildfire smoke is equivalent to continually smoking for that time, says lung doctor
4 years, 3 months ago

Each hour of wildfire smoke is equivalent to continually smoking for that time, says lung doctor

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. "If you are exposed for 12 hours of …

Wildfire Smoke May Put Firefighters at Greater Risk From COVID-19
55 years ago

Wildfire Smoke May Put Firefighters at Greater Risk From COVID-19

Slate  

This piece originally appeared in the Conversation Two forces of nature are colliding in the western United States, and wildland firefighters are caught in the middle. People have long understood that the air they breathe can impact their health, dating back more than 2,000 years to Hippocrates in the treatise “On Airs, Waters, and Places.” Today, there is a growing …

How to maintain your fitness and keep active as our air quality plummets
5 years ago

How to maintain your fitness and keep active as our air quality plummets

ABC  

Weighing up the benefits of exercise is usually pretty straight-forward: doing something — anything — is better than nothing. do some exercise outdoors, then we recommend at air quality data," Professor Vardoulakis says. "There's a balance there to be achieved: we want people to exercise, but obviously we don't want them to be exposed to very high levels of air …

Two big California wildfires erupted. Now L.A. and the Bay Area are breathing the smoke
5 years, 2 months ago

Two big California wildfires erupted. Now L.A. and the Bay Area are breathing the smoke

LA Times  

Smoke from the Kincade fire has degraded the air quality in the Bay Area, and it could get worse if smoke that has blown out over the Pacific Ocean is sent back by a change in wind direction. “These conditions are what led us to our decision, in an abundance of caution.” Later in the day the South Coast Air …

California wildfire smoke becomes health hazard as cities become world's most polluted
6 years, 1 month ago

California wildfire smoke becomes health hazard as cities become world's most polluted

ABC  

That is how Californians have been trying to cope with smoke from wildfires choking the state, but experts say an increase in serious health problems may be almost inevitable for vulnerable residents as the disasters become more commonplace. Key points: Air quality monitor says Californian cities now world's most polluted Residents wearing masks to avoid breathing smoke particles Health officials …

Wildfire Smoke Is Smothering the US—Even Where You Don't Expect It
6 years, 5 months ago

Wildfire Smoke Is Smothering the US—Even Where You Don't Expect It

Wired  

America is on fire … again. Animation by NOAA “Minnesota actually gets just about the most smoke days of any state in the US, you just don’t notice it,” says Nolan Miller, an economist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who studies the deadly health impacts of temperature and weather extremes on the elderly. Historically, it’s been difficult for …

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