It’s a sad reality that we have days when it’s too smoky for my toddler to play outside. In addition to children, older adults, pregnant people and anyone with chronic heart or lung disease face serious threats.
We’ve seen wildfire season growing longer, endangering people’s homes and livelihoods while threatening our health as air quality reaches dangerous levels.
Wildfires would only get worse as the Trump administration plans on prioritizing timber production over wildfire resilience and slashing funding for our valuable public forests.
Check out EDF’s Vital Signs article about the dangers of wildfire smoke and what you can do.
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