Wildfire events can significantly increase indoor PM2.5 and VOCs, based on work by researchers at Washington State University. In a detailed analysis of air exchanges between indoor and ambient air, during and outside of wildfire events, researchers examined the indoor and outdoor concentrations of fine particles, ozone, and a number of VOCs in two test Read More
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Wildfires and respiratory hospitalization
Exposure to wildfire-specific PM2.5 was associated with increased respiratory hospitalization. In a study with the Medicare population in the Western United States, researchers from the Harvard Clean Air Research Center estimated exposures to wildfire-specific PM2.5 using a global chemical transport model, between 2004 and 2009. About 5 million Medicare participants were exposed to at least Read More