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Wildfire Smoke Linked To Heart Failure Risk
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Wildfire Smoke Alters Immune System, Study Says
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Fire smoke exposure leaves toxic metals and lasting immune changes
Smoke from wildfires and structural fires doesn t just irritate lungs it actually changes your immune system. Harvard scientists found that even healthy people exposed to smoke showed signs of immune system activation, genetic changes tied to allergies, and even toxic metals inside their immune cells.
Exposure to smoke from forest fires could make some people more likely to become ill by altering their immune systems, says a recent study. Fire smoke seems to affect the immune system at the cellular level, researchers report in Nature Medicine magazine. People exposed to smoke showed an increase in immune memory cells that provide long-term immunity and biomarkers of increased inflammation and immune activity, as shown by the results. They als…
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