Smoke from US wildfires, prescribed burns caused premature deaths, billions in health damages

ScienceDaily
Apr 8, 2025, 12:13 pm182 pts
Researchers estimated that smoke from wildfires and prescribed burns caused $200 billion in health damages in 2017, and that these were associated with 20,000 premature deaths. Senior citizens were harmed the most, and Native American and Black communities experienced the greatest damages per capita.

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