US EditionMinnesota’s Hazy Summer Poses Health Risks to Pets
MINNESOTA, AUG 1 – Minnesota has experienced 30 air quality alerts this year with increased emergency room visits for respiratory and cardiovascular issues linked to wildfire smoke exposure, officials said.
- On Saturday, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued a five-day statewide air quality alert, tied for Minnesota’s longest, amid wildfire smoke blanketing the Twin Cities.
- This year, the MPCA has issued 30 air quality alerts, nearing the 41 in 2023 and 37 in 2021, as wildfire smoke persists.
- Preliminary state research found emergency room visits increased during and after smoke alerts, mainly among children and adults with asthma and COPD, with treatments for bronchitis, severe asthma flare-ups, and strokes.
- Amid poor air quality, officials recommend staying indoors in air-conditioned environments and switching car air conditioning to recirculating mode, as Dr. Kate Farmer noted symptoms like wheezing and coughing.
- The Environmental Protection Agency advises that large animals face risks similar to humans, requiring access to fresh water, dust minimization, and four to six weeks for recovery.
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Wildfire smoke has been easy to spot in Minnesota this week, coating the Twin Cities in a brownish haze that obscured the downtown skylines. But experts in lung health are more concerned about the particles you can't see.
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Minnesota’s hazy summer poses health risks to pets
'The risks for animals are similar to those that we're seeing in people,' said Dr. Kate Farmer, a veterinarian at the Animal Humane Society.
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