Deaths from wildfire smoke are likely higher than previously thought

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A wildfire burns on the hills behind a small city at night.

A study that assesses the effects of wildfires over two decades shows that wildfire smoke significantly raises ground-level ozone and contributes to excess deaths from wildfire smoke in the United States each year.

The research, led by Minghao Qiu of Stony Brook University and collaborators, appears in Read Entire Article