Study highlights the risk wildfire smoke poses to outdoor workers - OHS Canada Magazine

Study highlights the risk wildfire smoke poses to outdoor workers - OHS Canada Magazine

Researchers have crunched data on excess deaths and calculated that Canada’s 2023 wildfire season shortened the lives of 82,000 people worldwide. The smokiest days caused about 5,400 acute extra deaths across North America alone, according to the research published Wednesday in the journal Nature. That means wildfire smoke is about as deadly as prostate cancer, Michael Brauer told The Tyee. Brauer is a co-author of the study and professor in the…

Study links 2023 Canadian wildfires to more than 85,000 premature deaths - The Weather Network

A new study estimates that a staggering number of people around the world likely suffered an early demise due to smoke from Canadas record-breaking wildfire season in 2023