While the risk of wildfires causing devastation to communities and the environment is well known, new research is showing that the smoke from massive vegetation fires may also have serious effects on the brain. A study from the University of Michigan published last month found that wildfires, as well as emissions from farming, may pose […]
Any new health effects linked to wildfires are extra concerning to researchers as global climate change increases the risk of the ecological disaster happening with more regularity.
As some of the worst wildfires in modern history ravage parts of Canada and the United States this summer, scientists are eager to understand the effects of wildfire smoke on
The findings of the study by Boya Zhang and Sara Adar, environmental epidemiology researchers at U-M’s School of Public Health reveal that the release of harmful emissions at high concentrations from wildfires and farming practices impacts the cognitive health of those exposed to the pollution, making them more susceptible to dementia.
Since the wildfire in Canada started to wreak havoc all over the country, its smoke also travelled to the US and turned the sky orange with scientists attempting to explore what could this air-poor.