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A Week Of Deadly Wildfire Smoke (w/ Heatmap's Robinson Meyer, Emily Pontecorvo, Jeva Lange)

The Climate Pod

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The Dangers of Wildfire Smoke

Breathing wildfire smoke is not like breathing in campfire smoke. It's not just wood that's burning up but also cars, batteries and houses. These particles can get really deep into our lungs and into our bloodstream. There's a lot of evidence that these particles which can be heavy metals, can be other chemicals,. Can contribute to asthma attacks, it can worsen your chances of surviving a heart attack or something like a stroke. So everybody is in trouble breathing this so again.

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