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🌰 Environment 🔥 everyone's chattering 32d ago · 5 sources

Wildfire Smoke Poses Deadly Health Crisis Across Canada

🐿️ The Squirrel's Take

This smoke is no joke—it's turning our cities into ashtrays and our lungs into punching bags.

💡 Why it matters

With more frequent wildfires, millions of Canadians face increased risks of respiratory and cardiovascular harm, straining healthcare systems and demanding urgent public health protections.

Wildfire smoke from northern Ontario fires turned Toronto's sky orange and caused a rise in emergency room visits for allergies and shortness of breath. Scientists are racing to understand the complex links between smoke exposure and mortality as fire weather becomes more prevalent.

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📡 Where we spotted it (5)

How to protect yourself — and your kids — from wildfire smoke

vancouversun.com

Air quality warning issued for Metro Vancouver as wildfire smoke worsens

lethbridgenewsnow.com

Poor air quality warning for southwest Alberta as wildfire smoke moves into region

Wildfire smoke, hot weather putting Vancouver's unhoused people at risk

‘I couldn’t breathe’: the deadly health burden of wildfire smoke

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