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U.S. air pollution as harmful as second hand smoke during Canada wildfires

Por: Newsweek Health July 24, 2023

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The smoke from the wildfires in Canada that momentarily turned the skies of New York City a burned orange may have been as damaging to health as second-hand smoking indoors.Scientists at Rutgers university found in a new study that the physicochemical and toxicological properties of the wildfire smoke were the equivalent of the second-hand smoke in bars before indoor smoking was banned in some states.The wildfires in Canada gave us a sobering... + full article



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