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Wildfire Smoke Dangerous Compared to Other Pollution Sources by Angela Mohan on March 9, 2021 at 7:13 PM
While this distinction has been previously identified in laboratory experiments, the new study, published in the journal
Nature Communications, confirms it at the population level.
This study reveals the risks of tiny airborne particles with diameters of up to 2.5 microns, about one-twentieth that of a human hair.
These particles termed PM2.5 are the main component of wildfire smoke and can penetrate the human respiratory tract, enter the bloodstream and impair vital organs. There is a daily threshold for the amount of PM2.5 in the air that is considered acceptable by the county and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), said researcher Rosana Aguilera from University of California - San Diego.