The Canadian Medical Association Journal is suggesting that it might become necessary for some Canadians to wear N95 or KN95 respirator masks to offset the harmful effects of wildfire smoke this summer.
The article quoted data from studies done in 2017, which doesn't take into account that last summer - the summer of 2023 - was reported as one of the worst ever summers for wildfires in Canada. It was one year ago that Public Health Sudbury and Districts issued a news release warning Sudbury area residents how to protect themselves from wildfire smoke.
During days with wildfire smoke in the United States, asthma-specific hospital visits increased 10.3 per cent and nontraumatic deaths increased one per cent to two per cent in 2006–2017, said the article. The Environment Canada website includes air quality listings for most Canadian cities including Sudbury.
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