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Wildfire smoke pollution linked to thousands of annual deaths: global study

  • A new international study estimates that about 12,566 annual wildfire smoke-related deaths occurred in the 2010s, linked to climate change, up from about 669 in the 1960s.
  • The study co-authored by Sian Kou-Giesbrecht states that reducing planet-warming greenhouse gases is important for addressing this issue.
  • The peer-reviewed results highlight significant influences in South America, Australia, and Europe but did not find changes in Canada’s wildfire smoke-related deaths.
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