AskPippa🇨🇦<p>The article from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@thenarwhal" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thenarwhal</span></a></span> says:<br>"Wildfire smoke has three main ingredients. There are gases, such as carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide, and volatile organic compounds, like benzene, toluene and butene. There is also particulate matter, which can include soot, dust, pollen and spores, as well as chemical particles. The particles are classified according to size and fine particulates — the really tiny ones, less than 2.5 microns in diameter and typically referred to as PM2.5 — pose the greatest threats to human <a href="https://c.im/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> because they can travel deeper into the <a href="https://c.im/tags/lungs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lungs</span></a> than larger ones...<br>For example, research released at this year’s <a href="https://c.im/tags/Alzheimers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alzheimers</span></a> Association international conference found the risk of developing dementia following exposure to fine particulate matter from wildfire smoke was higher than the risk posed by other sources of air <a href="https://c.im/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a>, even when the exposure to <a href="https://c.im/tags/wildfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildfire</span></a> smoke was less intense."</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medical</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/medmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medmastodon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/medmastodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>medmastodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://thenarwhal.ca/wildfire-smoke-human-health-effects/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thenarwhal.ca/wildfire-smoke-h</span><span class="invisible">uman-health-effects/</span></a></p>