Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-20-2020
Abstract
If I dare to give the coronavirus credit for anything, I would say it has made people more conscious of the air they breathe.
A friend texted me recently after going for a jog in the foothills near Boise, Idaho, writing: “My lungs are burning … explain what’s happening!!!”
A wildfire was burning to the east of town – one of hundreds of fires that were sending smoke and ash through communities in hot, dry western states. As an environmental toxicologist, I research how air pollution, particularly wood smoke, impacts human health and disease.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Publication Information
Montrose, Luke. (2020). "What’s in Wildfire Smoke, and Why is It So Bad for Your Lungs?". The Conversation, .
Included in
Community Health and Preventive Medicine Commons, Environmental Public Health Commons, Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Commons