How to stay healthy as smoke spreads from Canada wildfires

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As a haze stretches over the East Coast and the Great Lakes, health authorities have raised the alarm about poor air quality.

CORRECTS DATELINE TO FORT LEE, NOT ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS - A Man talks on his phone as he looks through the haze at the George Washington Bridge from Fort Lee, N.J., Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings for vulnerable populations to stay inside. Here's how you can protect your health from the smoky haze.

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