Associated PressBILLINGS, Mont. — Climate change in the Western U.S. means more intense and frequent wildfires churning out waves of smoke that scientists say will sweep across the continent to affect tens of millions of people and cause a spike in premature deaths.
FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2018, file photo, people wear masks while walking through the Financial District in the smoke-filled air in San Francisco. Tens of millions of people in the Western US face a growing health risk due to wildfires as more intense and frequent blazes churn out greater volumes of lung-damaging smoke, according to research scientists at NASA and several major universities.
FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2018, file photo, the Golden Gate Bridge is obscured by smoke and haze from wildfires in this view from Fort Baker near Sausalito, Calif. Tens of millions of people in the Western US face a growing health risk due to wildfires as more intense and frequent blazes churn out greater volumes of lung-damaging smoke, according to research scientists at NASA and several major universities.
"There are so many fires so many places upwind of you that you're getting increased particle levels and increased ozone from the fires for weeks and weeks," Crooks said. "We really feel like we've made a conscious effort to adapt to climate change," Chambers said."But you can't just live your whole life inside."
In the past decade as many as 2,500 people annually died prematurely in the U.S. from short-term wildfire smoke exposure, according to Environmental Protection Agency scientists.
Not only the Wild Fire smoke but look at All of the Fires at Recycling plants over the World.
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