What if We’ve Been Thinking About Wildfire Smoke the Wrong Way?
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This bonus content is a reading from Platypus, the CASTAC Blog. The full post by Arielle Milkman can be read at https://blog.castac.org/2025/05/what-if-weve-been-thinking-about-wildfire-smoke-the-wrong-way/. About the post: Wildfire smoke toxicity is linked with multisystemic adverse health effects. Scientists are increasingly studying wildfire health impacts beyond respiratory and cardiovascular effects, including fertility issues and dementia. But what if we’ve been getting wildfire smoke wrong when we interpret it exclusively as a matter of exposure and a public health concern?
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