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Report: Health Effects of Smoke Exposure Last Months After Wildfires

HeadlineNov 30, 2018

Meanwhile, a new report from Reveal, from the Center for Investigative Reporting, finds that the effects of wildfires on human health last long after the smoke has cleared. The report looks at last year’s Tubbs Fire, which tore through Northern California’s Sonoma County and Napa Valley, and found that area hospitals saw an increase of 20 percent in emergency room visits for both respiratory and cardiac problems three months after the wildfire.

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