US EditionSmog episodes accumulate and have long-term health effects: Quebec doctors group
- A group of Quebec doctors warns that poor air quality can cause long-term adverse health effects.
- Claudel Pétrin-Desrosiers states that exposure to fine particles increases the risk of various health problems.
- According to a 2021 Health Canada report, air pollution causes 4,000 premature deaths annually in Quebec.
- The group highlights that Quebec's air quality standards are less strict than those recommended by the World Health Organization.
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Smog episodes accumulate and have long-term health effects: Quebec doctors group
A group of Quebec doctors is warning that poor air quality can cause long-term adverse health effects. The Quebec chapter of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment also believes decision makers are underestimating the impact of air pollution.
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This smoke feeds a persistent smog, which threatens public health, according to the Association québécoise des médecins pour l'environnement (AQME).The [...] Read more Smog is an invisible danger to health appeared first on FM 103.3.
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