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Environmental health is the study of the chemical, biological, and physical factors in our environment that positively or negatively impact human health. It encompasses the assessment and control of those environmental factors in our air, water, soil, homes and workplaces, and is targeted toward preventing disease and creating healthy environments.
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The National Desk: Doctor offers advice for protecting your health from smoke-filled skies
Luke Montrose, an environmental toxicologist at Colorado State University, wrote in the past that smoke from wildfires contains thousands of individual compounds, including carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, carbon dioxide, hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides.
PBS Newshour: The health risks of wildfire smoke across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic
“From a health standpoint, there’s no such thing as good smoke.” Luke Montrose is an environmental toxicologist at Colorado State University.
Associated Press: Wildfire smoke kills tens of thousands of people a year. Here’s how it attacks the body
Scientists have counted at least 1,000 toxins in wildfire smoke, according to Colorado State University environmental toxicologist Luke Montrose.