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As California Burns, America Breathes Toxic Smoke

by The California Newsroom, KQED and KCRW September 28, 2021September 28, 2021

Smoke from Western wildfires poses a much broader threat to human health than to just those forced to evacuate the path of the blazes. Smoke is choking vast swaths of the country, an analysis of satellite imagery, down to the zip code, shows.

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