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Study: California wildfire smoke linked to over 52,000 deaths in a decade

Environment

By VOA | Jun 08, 2024

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**The Delta Fire burns in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, California, on Sept 6, 2018.** [AP Photo]

Pollution from wildfires led to the deaths of more than 52,000 people in a decade in California, according to a new study Friday that analyzed the health effects of long-term exposure to smoke.

Looking at data from 2008 to 2018, researchers at the University of California- Los Angeles analyzed PM2.5 airborne pollutants - named for their size of less than 2.5 micrometers - that were released from wildfires and found a lethal impact on local populations that far outnumbers the deaths directly attributable to physical damage from wildfires.

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