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The health impacts of poor air as wildfire smoke set to linger 93%
7/18/2026, 12:37:37 AM
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Wildfire smoke is causing poor air quality in parts of the country and it's raising a major health concerns.
Take a look at these picture pictures I should say from Chicago, Detroit, New York City and even Washington D.C.
These are just some of the cities dealing with the smoke from Canada.
Assistant Professor at UC San Diego, Dr. Carlos Gold, joins us live right now.
Thank you so much, Dr. Gold, for your time. So, what are some of the health impacts from breathing in all this smoke?
>> Yeah, thanks for having me. So, most healthy adults are going to experience things like scratchy throats, runny noses, watery eyes.
Uncomfortable, but relatively minor.
But, more severe events are possible including for healthy adults.
And so, the big problem here is as you mentioned, the scale of the of the issue.
Tens of millions of people are breathing this very polluted air.
Air that's more polluted by 20 times than normal, well past where we're going to see real health impacts.
And the research says that we could see hundreds if not a thousand additional deaths and many, many more emergency room visits for things like respiratory problems, but also heart attack, stroke and and mental health.
>> And so, if you have to go outside, I mean, some people just simply work outside.
Outside. Can a face mask help you?
>> A a high-quality N95 mask can help.
These are really, really small particles we're talking about and so, those cloth masks that we sometimes wore during the pandemic, they may not cut it.
So, we really need to be using those high-quality masks and where possible, masks
we need to be try to limiting trying to limit our time outside.
So, that means your long run, your long walk, maybe we
maybe we save that for another day. For those who have to work outside, those masks are going to be critical.
>> Oh, and I'm glad you mentioned limiting
the time you spend outside because just how much exposure is too much exposure?
>> Well, unfortunately, there's no safe level of air pollution and so, we always
try to limit the amount of exposure that we do have.
And that means again, yes, staying inside, but when we do want to go outside and I know my dad told me,
he's in Connecticut, it was real smoky, he had to go outside for his walk, but I told him to wear a mask and he did that.
And so, you know, when other times I'm having him and and my family who's on the East Coast running air purifiers all the time indoors.
>> Mhm. Dr. Carlos Gold, thank you so much for your time today. We appreciate your insight.
>> Thank you.
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