Canada wildfires prompt U.S. air quality warnings

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Published 2024-05-20
Canada is battling several wildfires that are prompting air quality concerns in the U.S. Dr. Alice Chen, a primary care physician, joins CBS News with more details on the health risks that come with raging wildfires.

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All Comments (19)
  • @edh2246
    How are these fires starting in Canada? It’s not even hot there yet.
  • @jerryboo55
    Canada needs to double down on efforts to contain and extinguish these fires.
  • @BobQuigley
    Summer campfires are also dangerous if you're sitting in the smoke stream. Come on CBS
  • @brianwiles3887
    The US Government didn't care about the air quality in East Palestine OH, they're not going to care about this either.
  • @montylogan2135
    when i said it was spreading like wildfire i guess i meant literally woops
  • @bngr_bngr
    Damn I was going to buy a house in Washington near the border.
  • @mrwang420
    How is the bush on fire. It's not even hot out. 100% Sus.
  • Whatever any administration does for good - *it will not be cooler in the future* Get it - we CAN slow down the speed of warming, we can avoid more extreme extremes. (With zero-carbon - the warming stops - at +2.0K or +2.5K.... +5.0K) Every tenth of a grade is far worse in effect - than the previous one. The temps rise 'slowly' - the damage grows exponential.
  • @mrwang420
    I bet no Chinese sats flew over the area.
  • @DelusionalDoug
    National Data on Sustainable Forests - 2010, US Forest Service. See graph in link. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfires_in_the_United_States