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Mount Sinai Studies: Wildfire Smoke Poses Greater Health Risks Than Other Pollution

Mount Sinai Studies: Wildfire Smoke Poses Greater Health Risks Than Other Pollution

Two large-scale studies from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai find wildfire smoke may be more harmful than other sources of air pollution. The research links smoke exposure to higher hospitalization risks for cardiovascular and respiratory disease and poorer survival among lung cancer patients.

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Wildfire smoke may be more harmful than other air pollution, two Mount Sinai studies find