On average, people were exposed to 9.9 days per year to some form of smoke pollution that could be potentially harmful to their health, the study said.
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On average, people were exposed to 9.9 days per year to some form of smoke pollution that could be potentially harmful to their health, the study said.
The world's first study of the increase in pollution from landscape fires across the globe over the past two decades reveals that more than 2 billion people are exposed to at least one day of potentially health-impacting environmental hazard annually a figure that has increased by 6.8% in the last 10 years.
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) More people around the world are exposed to wildfire smoke that has the potential to harm human health, and their numbers are growing,