CARB Warns of Toxic Metal Contaminants in Smoke from Fires

Camp Fire Air Quality Analysis July 2021 – Courtesy California Air Resources Board

Ken Zino of Auto Informed.com on air quality data during the deadly Camp Fire

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.

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