Inhaling smoke from California's wildfires sent 55,000 people to an early grave - are YOU at risk? Scientists raise the alarm about tiny and deadly 'PM2.5' smoke particles They cost the Golden State $432 billion in treatment costs over 11 years READ MORE: The 10 US states set for higher-than-usual wildfires in 2024 By James Reinl, Social Affairs Correspondent, For Dailymail.Com Published: 14:01 EDT, 10 June 2024 | Updated: 14:01 EDT, 10 June 2024 e-mail View comments An alarming number of Californians perish from wildfires long after firefighters have tackled the blazes , new research shows.
Scientists are sounding the alarm about PM2.5 — tiny smoke particles that emanate from wildfires and can travel deep into people's respiratory tracts. For those inhaling them, they can be more dangerous than the flames themselves.
Researchers estimated at least 52,480 premature deaths from the decade to 2018. Wildfire smoke is linked to a range of health problems that can land victims in an early grave. A Santa Clara Cal Fire crew scrambles to extinguish a spot fire this month, at the start of what experts worry could be another bad season for blazes.
A man checks the amount of tiny PM2.5 pollution in the air on his cell phone, a precaution many Californians now take Debilitating conditions includes asthma, declining lung capacity and diabetes . Researchers also warn of atherosclerosis — when plaque builds up in the inner lining of arteries, causing them to thicken and harden — whic.
