#wildfiresmoke — Public Fediverse posts
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Is wildfire ash on garden produce safe to eat? https://www.allforgardening.com/1936104/is-wildfire-ash-on-garden-produce-safe-to-eat/ #gardening #GardeningOregon #oregon #wildfire #WildfireAsh #WildfireSmoke
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I've been feeling weirdly low energy today and have had no idea why. However, I'm thinking this could be at least part of the cause.
https://www.iqair.com/newsroom/portland-among-top-10-most-polluted-cities-in-the-world-8-5-26
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To understand what’s in the smoke you might be breathing, you have to look at where it’s been.Have you ever noticed that long-distance wildfire smoke doesn’t smell like a campfire? :woozy_camping: There is a chemical reason for that.
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MAP: California wildfire smoke impacts to air quality
MAP: Wildfire smoke could impact air quality in Northern California on Monday Fires burning in Monterey County produced…
#NewsBeep #News #Topstories #acre #air #Airquality #app #area #download #fire #Headlines #highway #map #meteorologistheatherwaldman #monday #NorthernCalifornia #northerncaliforniaairquality #topcaliforniastory #TopStories #trackairqualitylevel #WildfireSmoke #wildfiresmokeimpact
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KLCC’s Oregon Ready: #Wildfiresmoke anxiety can motivate disaster preparedness
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Vulnerability to #wildfiresmoke is in our genes, thanks to an evolutionary quirk
https://the-14.com/vulnerability-to-wildfire-smoke-is-in-our-genes-thanks-to-an-evolutionary-quirk/
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Vulnerability to wildfire smoke is in our genes, thanks to an evolutionary quirk
#Health #WildfireSmoke #Wildfires #AirPollution #ClimateChange #Dust #PublicHealth #Environment #HumanHealth #Science #Canada #WildfireSeason
https://the-14.com/vulnerability-to-wildfire-smoke-is-in-our-genes-thanks-to-an-evolutionary-quirk/ -
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How to make a $60 air purifier, as Canada’s wildfires rage on
Three-quarters of Canadians are worried about poor air quality due to wildfire smoke. In B.C., people are learning to build effective, low-cost air purifiers
Here's How
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#Wildfiresmoke is changing #California homes, with whole-house #airfiltration becoming increasingly common : r/environment
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Bay Mills Indian Community fights #pipeline permitting while enveloped in #wildfiresmoke
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/08/the-earth-itself-was-screaming-out-bay-mills-indian-community-fights-pipeline-permitting-while-enveloped-in-wildfire-smoke/ #Michigan #Enbridge
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Folks also, don't doubt this, forest fire smoke is also inside your water system, top to bottom. Protect yourself.
Physics forces smoke into the water, the opposite of the assumed protection of a closed system.
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How to protect your plants and garden from #wildfiresmoke | Local | kezi.com
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How to protect your plants and garden from wildfire smoke | Local https://www.allforgardening.com/1920027/how-to-protect-your-plants-and-garden-from-wildfire-smoke-local/ #garden #gardener #gardening #JohnsonBrothersGardenMarket #plants #WildfireSmoke
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Day3 of my #JourneyToImprove my #health:
Goals:
1. #PT for the #pacemaker arm.
2. #Recumbant-Bike
3. Avoid #wildfire-smoke as much as possible. -
Bananas that the advice from someone that works at a lung health center is to let your kids go out in the smoke until they have a headache or trouble breathing.
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I was getting out of my car yesterday about 6 miles from a recently active wildfire. AQI 150 with visibly poor air.
An older woman nearby indicated my mask. “That’s not a bad idea!”
We exchanged a few more sentences before she sat down on a bench and lit up a cigarette.
In her defense, the cigarette did have a filter. 🤷🏻♀️
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Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley under air quality advisory due to wildfire smoke
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Since the #WildfireSmoke is so bad in #Portland, I'm taking calls from the basement with the thrift-store paining I think provides a compelling depiction of our climate change future.
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Looks like we are heading into three days of #ClimateDystopia in #Portland from all the #WildfireSmoke.
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Will Wildfire Smoke Harm Your Outdoor Plants? Here’s What Experts Say https://www.allforgardening.com/1910280/will-wildfire-smoke-harm-your-outdoor-plants-heres-what-experts-say/ #AnthonyGarza #CornellUniversity’sCooperativeExtensionProgram #garden #gardening #GroundsSupervisor #HillaryJufer #HorticultureProgramManager #OutdoorPlants #WildfireSmoke
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Europe Wildfires Explained: How Climate Whiplash and Fire Clouds Fuel Bigger Blazes
The wildfires that have been raging across much of Europe are among the most intense in Greece now.…
#Europe #EU #climatechangewildfires #climatewhiplash #Europeheatwaves #Europewildfires #Europewildfiresexplained #ExpressExplained #fireclouds #Greecewildfires #Indianexpress #landabandonment #pyrocumulonimbusclouds #Spainwildfires #wildfirecauses #Wildfiresmoke
https://www.europesays.com/europe/107669/ -
Air quality warning in Edmonton, much of Alberta due to N.W.T. wildfire smoke
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Air quality warning in Edmonton, much of Alberta due to N.W.T. wildfire smoke
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Air quality warning in Edmonton, much of Alberta due to N.W.T. wildfire smoke
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Air quality warning in Edmonton, much of Alberta due to N.W.T. wildfire smoke
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Air quality warning in Edmonton, much of Alberta due to N.W.T. wildfire smoke
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Just finished adding a page for Canada: https://wildfiresmokeresources.neocities.org/Canada
Currently only have resources for Montréal and London, as well as one (excellent) national resource. (Thank you to whoever submitted the FireSmoke.ca link today!) I'll be focused on getting all the info I currently have for the US added to the site over the next couple days, but after that will spend more time seeking out Canadian mask blocs and other resources.
If you have a resource you'd like to share for Canada (or anywhere else in North America), you can send it to me here on Mastodon via replies or DM, or submit it via this Cryptpad form: https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/3/form/view/03ab8efd32850a3d5d5c376d39ed0284/
#Wildfire #WildfireSeason #CanadianWildfires #WildfireSmoke #Smoke #WildfireSmokeSeason #ClimateChange #Solarpunk #ClimateCrisis #MaskBloc #MaskUp #YallMasking #CleanAir #FreeMasks
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Just finished adding a page for Canada: https://wildfiresmokeresources.neocities.org/Canada
Currently only have resources for Montréal and London, as well as one (excellent) national resource. (Thank you to whoever submitted the FireSmoke.ca link today!) I'll be focused on getting all the info I currently have for the US added to the site over the next couple days, but after that will spend more time seeking out Canadian mask blocs and other resources.
If you have a resource you'd like to share for Canada (or anywhere else in North America), you can send it to me here on Mastodon via replies or DM, or submit it via this Cryptpad form: https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/3/form/view/03ab8efd32850a3d5d5c376d39ed0284/
#Wildfire #WildfireSeason #CanadianWildfires #WildfireSmoke #Smoke #WildfireSmokeSeason #ClimateChange #Solarpunk #ClimateCrisis #MaskBloc #MaskUp #YallMasking #CleanAir #FreeMasks
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Can wildfire smoke be like smoking cigarettes? The science explained https://www.byteseu.com/2205360/ #AirQuality #amount #BerkeleyEarth #Canda #cigarette #cigarettes #concentration #day #Fire #HazardousLevel #Health #HealthProblem #LocalOfficial #LungCancer #mask #pm2 #PM25 #pollutant #Pollution #Science #scientist #Smoking #TinyParticle #weather #WildfireSmoke
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'Dangerous' air quality in Detroit, Minneapolis as thick wildfire smoke shrouds the sky for millions
Smoke from wildfires burning in Ontario have caused air quality to reach "dangerous" levels across Canada, and the northeastern and midwestern United States. And it could get worse before conditions improve.
By Brian Lada, AccuWeather meteorologist
Published Jul 15, 2026 11:50 AM EDT | Updated Jul 16, 2026
" Massive plumes of smoke are descending across parts of Canada and the United States, creating dangerous air quality and scenes reminiscent of the historic wildfire smoke outbreak from three summers ago.
" 'In 2023, a major fire outbreak in Quebec caused days of unhealthy air quality in the northeastern U.S.,' AccuWeather Vice President of Forecast Operations Dan DePodwin said. 'This event could cause similar levels of poor air quality in spots.'
"Air quality alerts have been issued for millions of people, including across all of #Connecticut, #Delaware, #Massachusetts, #Michigan, #NewHampshire, #NewJersey, #NewYork, #Ohio, #Pennsylvania, #RhodeIsland and #Wisconsin.
"Over 800 wildfires are currently burning across Canada, including dozens that are out of control across western #Ontario, the source of most of the smoke. 'Many of these fires may have been started by lightning,' AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Brett Anderson said.
"On Wednesday, #Toronto had some of the worst air quality in North America, reaching 'very unhealthy' levels with an AQI of 220. #BostonMA was not far behind with an unhealthy AQI of 147.
" 'When the AQI climbs into the 150+ range for a full day outside, that’s in the ballpark of [smoking] 7 to 9 cigarettes,' Dr. Jonathan M. Tan, division chief of General Anesthesiology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, told AccuWeather.
"Conditions deteriorated by Thursday morning, with widespread "dangerous" air quality across nearly all the Great Lakes region and into parts of the Northeast. Minneapolis and Duluth, Minnesota, as well as Detroit, were among the worst cities at daybreak Thursday, with AQIs over 340.
" 'Any exposure to the air, even for a few minutes, can lead to serious health effects on everybody,' Plume Labs said.
Avoid outdoor activities.' "#CanadianWildfires #CRBox #AirQuality
#WildfireSmoke #AQI #HEPAFilters #CorsiRosenthalBox #AirCleaners #Masks #ParticulateMatter #RespiratorMasks #StayIndoors #HazardousAir #AirQualityAlert -
Canadian #wildfire smoke turns air hazardous in the US #Midwest. Officials say stay inside
By TAMMY WEBBER and PHILIP MARCELO, July 16, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — "Heavy, pungent smoke from #CanadianWildfires darkened skies in the U.S. on Thursday from the #GreatLakes to parts of the #EastCoast, reducing visibility for commuters and prompting warnings that air quality could make being outside dangerous.
"#Detroit’s air quality was among the worst in the world for major cities, as a lingering high pressure system trapped smoke from dozens of fires in Canada and northern Minnesota, said Steven Freitag, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Pontiac, Michigan.
" 'Sure enough, it arrived in force here and it’s really pretty extreme levels,' said Freitag, who noted that visibility in some areas was reduced to a half mile.
"Omar Mitchell wore a mask as he walked to his restaurant in Detroit. He said he urged his employees to do the same.
" 'It’s scary,' Mitchell, 50, said as he looked at the sky. 'You don’t know necessarily what the side effects may be. That’s days or months later.'
"Cities across the Great Lakes states registered air quality ranging from unhealthy to hazardous — which means it’s unhealthy for anyone, regardless of health conditions. Microscopic particles can lodge deep in the lungs and enter the bloodstream, leading to heart and lung problems and contributing to other long-term health issues.
"All of #Michigan and much of #Minnesota were under a hazardous #AirQualityAlert. In the Chicago area, air quality ranged from very unhealthy to hazardous.
"National Weather Service meteorologist Jake Petr said even if winds from the northwest clear skies as expected later this week, the smoky air could keep returning until the fires are out. That could take weeks or longer.
" 'Anytime we have something that could bring air from that region until the fires are over, it could conceivably dip back into the area,' Petr said.
"In #SaintPaulMN, the air was 'glowing yellow,' said Brent Williams, head of the soil, water and climate department at the University of Minnesota, who said the area 'could be looking at weeks to months of continued smoke and flare-ups off and on as the winds blow in different directions.'
"A study published this year found that long-term exposure to tiny particles from wildfire smoke contributed to an average of 24,100 deaths a year in the lower 48 states. Long-term exposure can make existing health problems worse and lead to a range of chronic and deadly health issues, including respiratory illness, cardiovascular and neurological diseases, and premature death."
https://apnews.com/article/canada-wildfires-smoke-us-ae4b2bd09a97919a081e26ede6a6d355
#CRBox #AirQuality #WildfireSmoke #AQI #HEPAFilters #CorsiRosenthalBox #AirCleaners #Masks #ParticulateMatter #RespiratorMasks #StayIndoors #ThanksBigOil
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#CookCountyMN YMCA opens #CleanAirShelter
By WDIO
July 15, 2026"#WildfireSmoke has pushed air quality in Cook County and northeast #Minnesota into the hazardous category, prompting local officials to issue an urgent public health warning.
"At this critical level, the air is unsafe for everyone, not just individuals who are traditionally sensitive to smoke. Local residents and visitors are urged to take these conditions seriously by staying indoors, avoiding outdoor physical activity, and wearing a well-fitting #N95 or #KN95 mask if they must step outside.
"To help the community seek relief, Cook County Public Health has opened a clean air and #CoolingShelter in the lobby of the Cook County YMCA. The shelter is open Monday through Friday from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM, and Saturday from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM."
Read more:
https://www.wdio.com/top-stories/cook-county-ymca-opens-clean-air-shelter/#ClimateDiary #ClimateDiaryMinnesota #WildfireSeason #Haze #WildfireHaze #AQI
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#CookCountyMN YMCA opens #CleanAirShelter
By WDIO
July 15, 2026"#WildfireSmoke has pushed air quality in Cook County and northeast #Minnesota into the hazardous category, prompting local officials to issue an urgent public health warning.
"At this critical level, the air is unsafe for everyone, not just individuals who are traditionally sensitive to smoke. Local residents and visitors are urged to take these conditions seriously by staying indoors, avoiding outdoor physical activity, and wearing a well-fitting #N95 or #KN95 mask if they must step outside.
"To help the community seek relief, Cook County Public Health has opened a clean air and #CoolingShelter in the lobby of the Cook County YMCA. The shelter is open Monday through Friday from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM, and Saturday from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM."
Read more:
https://www.wdio.com/top-stories/cook-county-ymca-opens-clean-air-shelter/#ClimateDiary #ClimateDiaryMinnesota #WildfireSeason #Haze #WildfireHaze #AQI
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Air Quality Alerts Issued Across US States Amid Rising Pollution Levels
Millions in US states received warnings for hazardous air quality in June/July 2025. Learn why you should stay indoors and keep windows closed.
#AirQualityAlert, #USWeather, #EPA, #WildfireSmoke, #PublicHealth
https://newsletter.tf/how-dangerous-air-quality-alerts-affect-millions-in-us-states/
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Sunny but #hazy as #WildfireSmoke returns to #Maine Sunday
An #AirQuality Alert is in place for Sunday.
Emily Pike, August 2, 2025
"Sunday morning lows in the 50s and 60s, with highs in the 70s to 80s. Skies will be mostly sunny, but Canadian wildfire smoke will bring a thick haze for the higher elevations. An Air Quality Alert is in effect Sunday.
"An #AirQualityAlert is in effect from 1 AM to 11 PM on Sunday, August 3, 2025, for parts of #Maine and #NewHampshire due to expected high levels of #ParticlePollution.
"The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has issued the alert for the Western and Eastern Interior regions of the state, including areas in #Franklin, #Somerset, #York, Cumberland, #Androscoggin, and #Kennebec counties. The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services has issued a similar alert for #Coos, #Grafton, and #Carroll counties.
"Air quality is expected to reach levels that are considered 'Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups' due to a plume of smoke moving in from Canada.
"Those most at risk include children, older adults, people with respiratory conditions such as asthma, bronchitis, or emphysema, and anyone who is physically active outdoors. Even healthy individuals may experience mild symptoms and should consider limiting strenuous or prolonged outdoor activity during this time.
"High pressure is keeping things dry and sunny, which may allow the smoke to linger into next week, thickening into Monday.
"Looking Ahead: Maine is off to a dry start this August. Without significant rainfall soon, #drought conditions could develop, potentially affecting #crops and increasing #FireRisk.
"The 8-day forecast shows only a few chances for showers and slightly below-average temperatures, mainly in the 70s to 80s."
Source:
https://www.wmtw.com/article/sunny-but-hazy-as-wildfire-smoke-returns-to-maine-sunday/65581788#ClimateDiary #ClimateDiaryMaine #MaineWx #NewEnglandWx #WildfireSmoke #Hazy #ClimateChangeWeatherWheel
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The smoke from #Canada’s #wildfires may be even more #toxic than usual
A legacy of #mining means that #ToxicMetals could be carried along plumes of smoke.
by Matt Simon, June 5, 2025
"More than 200 wildfires are blazing across central and western Canada, half of which are out of control because they’re so hard for crews to access, forcing 27,000 people to evacuate. Even those nowhere near the wildfires are suffering as smoke swirls around Canada and wafts south, creating hazardous air quality all over the midwestern and eastern parts of the United States. The smoke is even reaching Europe.
"As the climate changes, the far north is drying and warming, which means wildfires are getting bigger and more intense. The area burned in Canada is now the second largest on record for this time of year, trailing behind the brutal wildfire season of 2023. That year, the amount of #carbon blazed into the atmosphere was about three times the country’s #FossilFuel emissions. And the more carbon that’s emitted from wildfires — in Canada and elsewhere — the faster the #PlanetaryWarming, and the worse the fires.
" 'There’s obviously the #ClimateFeedback concern,' said Mike Waddington, an environmental scientist at McMaster University in Ontario who studies Canada’s forests. 'But increasingly we’re also concerned about the smoke.'
"That’s because there’s much more to wildfire smoke than charred sticks and leaves, especially where these blazes are burning in Canada. The country’s #forests have long been #mined, operations that loaded #soils and #waterways with #ToxicMetals like #lead and #mercury, especially before clean-air standards kicked in 50 years ago. Now everyone downwind of these wildfires may have to contend with that legacy and those pollutants, in addition to all the other nasties inherent in #WildfireSmoke, which are known to exacerbate respiratory and cardiac problems.
" 'You have there the burning of these organic soils resulting in a lot of carbon and a lot of #ParticulateMatter,' said Waddington. 'Now you have this triple whammy, where you have the metals #remobilized in addition to that.'
"What exactly is lurking in the smoke from Canadian wildfires will require further testing by scientists. But an area of particular concern is around the mining city of #FlinFlon, in #ManitobaCanada, which is known to have elevated levels of toxic metals in the landscape, said Colin McCarter, an environmental scientist who studies pollutants at Ontario’s #NipissingUniversity. Flin Flon’s 5,000 residents have been evacuated as a wildfire approaches, though so far no structures have been destroyed.
"But a fire doesn’t need to directly burn mining operations to mobilize toxicants. For example, in #Yellowknife, in Canada’s #NorthwestTerritories, #GoldMining operations between 1934 and 2004 spread #arsenic as far as 18 miles away, adding to a landscape with an already high concentration of naturally occurring arsenic. In a paper published last year, Waddington and McCarter estimated that between 1972 and 2023, wildfires around Yellowknife fired up to 840,000 pounds of arsenic into the atmosphere. Arsenic is a known carcinogen associated with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and developmental problems, according to the World Health Organization. (After the 2023 #LahainaFire in Maui, officials reported elevated levels of arsenic, lead, and other toxic substances in ash samples. California officials also found lots of lead in smoke from 2018’s #CampFire.)"
Source:
https://grist.org/climate/canada-wildfire-smoke-toxic-arsenic/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us#WaterIsLife #SoilIsLife #AirIsLife #Mining #ToxicLegacy #FirstNations #Canada #Pollution #Worldwide #AQI #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #AirQualityIndex
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Here we go again!
Air Quality Action Day for all of Michigan Tuesday due to wildfire smoke
#Michigan #News #AirQualityAlert #Weather #Today #WildfireSmoke
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FYI: #Air Quality Aware App built w/ #ArcGIS technology https://livingatlas.arcgis.com/airquality
#AirQuality #environment #pollution #health #healthGIS #EPA #NOAA #GIS #esri #GISchat #WildfireSmoke #wildfiresCanada #ArcGISOnline #LivingAtlas #geospatial #mapstodon
