From Tachycardia and Headache to Stroke: This Can Affect the Smoke of Fires to Health
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El Periódico
The forest fires in Madrid, Castilla-La Mancha and Castilla y León cause respiratory, circulatory and mental health problems in more than 90,000 evacuees.
The smoke of fires saturates the air of much of Spain and turns the car into a kind of bunker. But it is important to know when to connect the recirculation of the air and when to turn it off.
Lawyer and contributor to the program Espejo Público, Montse Suárez, recounted her family's experience during the wildfires affecting the Community of Madrid. Their chalet, located in Robledo de Chavela, on the mountainside, "was miraculously saved" thanks to the intervention of firefighters and aerial resources, which finally managed to establish a protective perimeter in the area. Suárez explained that during "the first 24 hours," because the …
With the arrival of summer, rising temperatures, and the numerous wildfires still burning in Spain, concern is growing about smoke exposure and its effects on the health of affected populations. The World Health Organization (WHO) warns that the smoke generated during these fires contains potentially dangerous pollutants, including fine particulate matter (PM2.5), which can remain suspended in the air and travel long distances. In this context, …
Climate change has hardened its extinction capacity, and countries like the United States already see a serious annual increase in new fires. In fact, more than 64 897 forest fires were reported there in 2024, a figure well above the averages of the last 5 and 10 years. In Spain, a Greenpeace report, with data from the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), points to extreme fires continuing to grow with an estimated increase of 14% by 2…
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