New research from Colorado State University sheds light on the persistent presence of wildfire smoke in homes, even after the flames are extinguished and winds change direction.
about this, using masks, air filtering to avoid the worst of it? exactly. a lot of those same strategies help protect you from covid, keeping small particles from getting breathed in, that s what we can do to prevent exposure or lessen our exposure to wildfire smoke particles. again, using n-95 masks, it s really important that you have those on when you re outdoors and when you re exposed to this smoke as much as possible, and those ones are n-95 do work the best to keep out the very small particles that tend to get deeper into the lungs and cause inflammation and other types of damage and filtering your air as much as possible. running, keeping inside is always a good strategy with the windows closed and keeping the smoke out as much as possible, by keeping doors closed, windows closed and seals and then also running things like
The airborne particles from wildfires can last in the atmosphere even for more than a week. The airborne particles from wildfires can last in the atmosphere even for more than a week.