Wildland Fires Worsened Population Exposure to PM25 Pollution in the Contiguous United States

Authors

Danlu Zhang
Wenhao Wang
Yuzhi Xi
Jianzhao Bi
Yun Hang
Qingyang Zhu
Qiang Pu
Howard Chang
Yang Liu

Publication Date

12-5-2023

Journal

Environmental Science & Technology

Abstract

As wildland fires become more frequent and intense, fire smoke has significantly worsened the ambient air quality, posing greater health risks. to better understand the impact of wildfire smoke on air quality, we developed a modeling system to estimate daily PM

Keywords

United States, Humans, Wildfires, Air Pollutants, Smoke, Air Pollution, Fires, Southeastern United States, Particulate Matter

DOI

10.1021/acs.est.3c05143

PMID

37943716

PMCID

PMC10702504

PubMedCentral® Posted Date

November 2023

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