Post #3912267
2026-07-17 18:23 UTC
@ColesStreetPothole@weatherishappening.network It is cool to see media covering this. There is too much of “for people with respiratory problems,” not enough “it will cause respiratory problems in healthy people.”
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@ColesStreetPothole@weatherishappening.network 2026-07-17 18:26
@CStamp@mastodon.social Yup. This is helpful: "Scientists have counted at least 1,000 toxins in wildfire smoke, according to Colorado State University environmental toxicologist Luke Montrose. “'If I gave you a list, you would recognize some of these as being very bad, oftentimes associated with the burning of diesel fuel or cigarette smoke, things like formaldehyde or volatile organic compounds,' Montrose said. 'So just the smoke itself can be bad.'”