"These particles are really, really small, less than 2.5 micrometers. What we are dealing with right now are high levels of pollutants, toxins, carbon monoxide, and there's such a high concentration of it in the atmosphere right now, and that's causing not only cardiac issues for patients, pulmonary issues and just general inflammation in the body."
Nidhi Kumar, a cardiovascular specialist and a CBS New York contributor, said breathing the air where quality is worst " is probably way worse than smoking a cigarette. and we aren't just dealing with Canada smoke, we get it in the western United States, too."ĭr. In Canada, they've already burned more acres than they usually burn through an entire season through November, and their wildfire season usually gets going in July, which says we are probably just going to be seeing a lot more smoke.
CBS Boston Chief Meteorologist Eric Fisher notes that, "It is really early.
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