Six months after the Marshall Fire destroyed more than 1,000 houses in Boulder County, Colorado, more than half of residents of surviving homes in the area reported physical symptoms—including headaches, sore throats or a strange taste in their mouth—that they attributed to poor air quality, a new CU Boulder study has found.



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Months after Marshall Fire, returning Colorado residents struggle with health and air quality

Six months after the Marshall Fire destroyed more than 1,000 houses in Boulder County, Colorado, more than half of residents of surviving homes in the area reported physical symptoms—including headaches, sore throats or a strange taste in their mouth—that they attributed to poor air quality, a new CU Boulder study has found.

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Six months after the Marshall Fire destroyed more than 1,000 houses in Boulder County, Colo., more than half of residents of surviving homes in the area reported physical symptoms-; including headaches, sore throats or a strange taste in their mouth-; that they attributed to poor air quality, a new CU Boulder study has found.

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Study reveals health impacts of returning to smoke-damaged homes

The Marshall Fire spared some homes, shown here a day later, but smoke had blanketed the area. Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty ImagesThree years ago, on Dec. 30, 2021, a wind-driven wildfire raced through two communities just outside Boulder, Colorado. In the span of about eight hours, more than 1,000 homes and businesses burned. The fire left entire blocks in ash, but among them, pockets of houses survived, seemingly untouc…

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3 years after the Marshall Fire: Wildfire smoke’s health risks can linger long-term in homes that escape burning

A new study has revealed that over half of Marshall Fire victims whose homes survived the devastating wildfire in Colorado experienced headaches, sore throats, cough, and a strange taste in their mouths due to poor air quality inside the houses. The study is the first to explore air quality inside smoke- and ash-damaged homes and to assess the health impacts on people who live in them. The research suggests that there could be important health i…

Denver Gazette

First-ever study on air inside Marshall fire homes shows deadly chemicals

Six months after the Marshall Fire destroyed more than 1,000 houses in Boulder County, Colorado, more than half of residents of surviving homes in the area reported physical symptoms—including headaches, sore throats or a strange taste in their mouth—that they attributed to poor air quality, a new CU Boulder study has found. A companion study showed that the air quality inside one home post-fire equaled that of downtown Los Angeles in the 1990s …

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Months after Marshall Fire, returning Colorado residents struggle with health and air quality - Tech and Science Post

Three years ago, on Dec. 30, 2021, a wind-driven wildfire raced through
two communities just outside Boulder, Colorado. In the span of about
eight hours, more than 1,000 homes and businesses burned.
The fire left entire blocks in ash, but among ...

Months after Marshall Fire, returning Colorado residents struggle with health and air quality

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