CARB is funding several studies that will provide additional insight into the health impacts of wildfire smoke. CARB-funded investigators are currently studying the associations of short-term exposure to wildfire PM2.5 with loss of work days and increases in asthma attacks. CARB is also funding a long-term health effects study in which primates were naturally exposed during infancy to wildfires and continue to be monitored throughout adulthood.
CARB Warns of Toxic Metal Contaminants in Smoke from Fires