Canadian wildfire smoke worsened pediatric asthma in US Northeast, study shows

Canadian wildfire smoke worsened pediatric asthma in US Northeast, study shows

New research from the University of Vermont reveals exposure to smoke from Canadian wildfires in the summer of 2023 led to worsening asthma symptoms in children in Vermont and upstate New York.

Canadian Wildfire Smoke Worsened Pediatric Asthma in U.S. Northeast: UVM Study

New research from the University of Vermont reveals exposure to smoke from Canadian wildfires in the summer of 2023 led to worsening asthma symptoms in children in Vermont and upstate New York.

Maryland’s ‘atmospheric soup’ tracked to Canadian wildfires

A new study has found that chemical traces from Canada’s 2023 wildfires lingered in the air above Maryland – more than 1,000 miles from where the smoke originated – for months after the visible smoke had disappeared. The 2023 fire season in Canada sent smoke billowing thousands of miles across the U.S., blanketing East Coast cities and plunging the Washington, D.C., region into air quality alerts. When the smoke eventually cleared, scientists at…