Canadian Wildfire Smoke Triggers Health Alerts and Air Pollution Concerns in Northeastern US and Canada.
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Smoke from early summer wildfires in eastern Canada has caused health alerts in New York, Toronto, and Ottawa due to air pollution. The unusually early and intense start to the wildfire season has set Canada on track for its worst-ever year. Wildfires are mushrooming rapidly in eastern Canada, forcing home evacuations and the federal government to send in the military. Smoke from the fires can harm health even at low concentrations, and people with lung or heart diseases as well as older adults, children, and pregnant women are at higher health risk.
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