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Wildfire smoke from near Montreal and Ottawa in eastern Canada is causing unhealthy air across parts of the northern U.S.

Air quality in the U.S. and Europe improved over the last decade thanks to environmental regulations, but record wildfires bring new air pollution concerns.

For three days in a row, Kansas City was under air quality alerts as ozone levels rose around the metro.

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Current smoke forecasts from FireSmoke Canada show how Canadian wildfires affect air quality in Mississippi and the eastern United States. The fires produce fine particulate matter, also known as PM2.5. It causes eye, nose, throat, and lung irritation, resulting in decreased lung function and aggravating current health conditions like asthma and heart disease.  According to the […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 N...

As New York sits in an eerie red haze thanks to wildfires in Canada, air quality has plummeted as smoke and emissions are pumped into the air. Local news has urged masks outside, limited time outdoors, and checking in on vulnerable neighbors with preexisting breathing conditions. Amid this spectacle, the East Coast finds itself thrust into a discourse mirroring the challenges long faced by the West: wildfires and their intricate relationship with climate change.

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management is lifting the Air Quality Alert that had been issued for Friday June 9, 2023.

SOURCE asked Atmospheric Science Professor Jeff Pierce, an atmospheric chemist who studies air pollution and health, a few questions about the health implications of breathing wildfire smoke and resources that can help keep people safe.

The air pollution in the region has high enough concentrations to be potentially unhealthy for sensitive groups.

South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) said people in the Palmetto State should be aware of the continued risk for health effects related to smoke from wildfires burning across parts of eastern and western Canada.

According to the Air Now Fire and Smoke Map, West Virginia’s panhandles are experiencing the majority of particle pollution in the state, especially in the Eastern Panhandle, where Shepherdstown has been issued a code red warning for “unhealthy” air quality.