Wildfire smoke's hidden ozone threat may be adding thousands of US deaths each year

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May 11, 2026, 4:00 pm184 ptsTrendingTop
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, Ph.D., of Stony Brook University, is published in Science…

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