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Brita filters, devices connected to refrigerators or sinks and even robust, whole-home systems are unlikely to address the “extreme contamination” that can happen after a fire, as being seen in Maui's water right now.
Emissions worsen when a large fire — like the one in Maui — burns items like construction materials, cars, paints and appliances.
FILE -- chuchart duangdaw/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The deadly wildfires that erupted on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Aug. 8 have become the deadliest natural disaster in state history, officials said. The blazes spread rapidly due to very dry conditions stemming from a drought combined with powerful winds. Much of the historic town of Lahaina has been "destroyed," officials said, and the inferno has burned thousands of residential and commercial buildings to the ground. Here's how the news is developing. All times Eastern: Aug 21, 8:29 AM EDT Bidens to receive ground tour in hard-...
FILE -- chuchart duangdaw/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The deadly wildfires that erupted on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Aug. 8 have become the deadliest natural disaster in state history, officials said. The blazes spread rapidly due to very dry conditions stemming from a drought combined with powerful winds. Much of the historic town of Lahaina has been "destroyed," officials said, and the inferno has burned thousands of residential and commercial buildings to the ground. Here's how the news is developing. All times Eastern: Aug 21, 8:29 AM EDT Bidens to receive ground tour in hard-...
The language is stark: People in torched areas of Maui should not try to filter their own drinking water because there is no "way to make it safe," Maui County posted on its Instagram account this week. The message reached Anne Rillero and her husband, Arnie, in Kula, who were eating yet another meal of…