Even as many countries have made progress in cutting ozone-fueling emissions, high temperatures can outweigh those gains. Extreme heat waves and wildfires have contributed to unhealthy levels of smog and smoke around the world so far in 2026, a recent global…
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Remarkable new picture emerging of how the air around us could alter brain... (Second column, 11th story, link) Pollution has long been indirectly linked with dementia. Now scientists wonder if it may be physically reshaping the brain. Last year, startled scientists…
October 21, 2026 — 4:07pm As another El Nino summer approaches, health experts are raising the alarm over the potentially fatal consequences of higher temperatures and an increased number of hot days expected around the state. Mounting research showing soaring temperatures can increase rates…
There is no safe level of wildfire smoke exposure, warns a leading B.C. expert in the long-term health risks of particulate matter from smoke. Stephanie Cleland, an assistant professor at Simon Fraser University’s Faculty of Health Sciences, was responding to a…
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