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Air Quality Concerns: What Does Wildfire Smoke Do to Our Health?

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Air QualityAugust 18, 2021 7:16 pm

Air Quality Concerns: What Does Wildfire Smoke Do to Our Health?

We know smoke coming from wildfires is in the Bay Area. So, what is it doing to us and our health? NBC Bay Area’s Raj Mathai spoke to Dr. Sharon Chinth-Rajah, a pulmonologist with Stanford Health Care, about air quality concerns.

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Air Quality Concerns: What Does Wildfire Smoke Do to Our Health?

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