California Wildfires Make Air Unhealthy

     According to the article, "California's air quality is worse than India's. That's not good in a pandemic.", it states that millions of Californians were breathing in "dry, smoky air with ash in it". This is quality is very harmful to the lungs and can cause a series of long term health problems. Over one-third of the state of California has unhealthy air reaching the general public. That is a lot of people! The California Bay Area is currently blanketed with a thin layer of ash, which is resulting in the worst air in the world. It also stated that even healthy people are reporting headaches and bloody noses due to the current event. While wearing a mask may prevent you from some harmful things, studies show that it will do little to no help in protecting you from inhaling smoke particles. Lastly, the article also stated how the smoke all over the air leads people to become more vulnerable to catching COVID-19. In general, breathing in all this, air will weaken your entire body over time.


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  1. AnonymousOctober 18, 2020 at 8:06 AM

    okay, yeah thats not good. so the mask may protect from covid but not stuff like ash and smoke. covid will affect you in the present but smoke will damage your lungs forever. so what do you think the California's government will do about that?

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