Wildfires are to natural disasters what ballistic missiles are to human weaponry
—able to kill from hundreds or thousands of kilometres away.
The heat that they generate lofts smoke high into the atmosphere,
where the winds can carry it across a continent.
The smoke contains particles of varying sizes, including ones 2.5 microns or less in diameter (pm2.5).
This is the form of air pollution that poses the greatest threat to public health;
the tiny partic…
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It’s now at “Not Bad” (2nd best of 4)
Outside is down to 223, and there’s more PM10 than PM2.5, gritty rather than blood-poisoning.
@… diesel fuel was taxed less heavily than gasoline in France and so over half of all cars were diesel, and spewed tons of PM2.5.
The effect of Wildfires on health depends most on how much smoke there is and where it ends up.
Wildfires are to natural disasters what ballistic missiles are to human weaponry
—able to kill from hundreds or thousands of kilometres away.
The heat that they generate lofts smoke high into the atmosphere,
where the winds can carry it across a continent.
The smoke contains particles of varying sizes, including ones 2.5 microns or less in diameter (pm2.5).
T…