I know the crisis is far from over yet, but has anyone been running some mortality/morbidity numbers from the off-the-charts AQI the West Coast has been enduring, some places for weeks now? Air pollution has a huge toll on health, and this is now a tragically sustained event.
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If we had a functioning government, there would be an emergency distribution of MERV-13 filters, HEPA filters, N95+ masks up and down the West Coast weeks ago. That's the same rating/set-up for COVID, too. There will be long-term impacts on many who cannot filter out the smoke.
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Chronic exposure to air pollution is among the leading contributors to many diseases and mortality around the world—cardiopulmonary diseases, strokes, cancer, etc. This is a short-term event in comparison but the exposure is strikingly high. It's a huge crisis. Where's the alarm?
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I used to work on air pollution policy for the Singapore government and once you learn about the long-term impact of PM2.5 it just boggles the mind
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Yeah. We have a shortish but peak event here, and it's been repeating for a few years.
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