Climate Change, Wildfires and Smoke

<p>Wildfire has become the smell and sight of summer in many locations throughout the United States and worldwide. What is it doing to our health today? We learn more about wildfires and our house.</p><br><p>In this episode of Learning More, we learn more about wildfire smoke and its effects on our health. We speak with Luke Montrose, an Assistant Professor of Community and Environmental Health, Boise State University.</p><br><p>Show Links:</p><p><a href="https://www.boisestate.edu/phps/luke-montrose/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Luke's department website.</a></p><p><a href="https://www.boisestate.edu/translationalhealth/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Luke's lab website.&nbsp;</a></p><p><a href="https://www.purpleair.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">PurpleAir</a></p><p><a href="https://www.airnow.gov/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">AirNow</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw7fUMhNov8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How to make a DIY&nbsp;air filter with a box fan</a></p><br><p>Show Transcription (Automated)</p><br><p>Environmental Toxicologist</p><p>===</p><br><p>[00:00:00] Russ: Wildfire has become the smell and sight of summer in many locations throughout the United States and throughout the world. What is it doing to our health today? We learn more about wildfires and our house.</p><br><p>All right. Thanks for listening. And thanks for subscribing to learning more, where each episode, we bring you a new story about people, inventions, pop culture, and life. I'm Russ. And this week, I am joined by Luke Montrose. He's an assistant professor of community and environmental health at Boise state university.</p><br><p>Thanks for joining me, Luke. Thank you for that. I live in California, which many people call the golden state, but here in California, we know that it's actually become the orange state, at least over the last few years. It's like weeks of the summer are just filled with orange skies here from the wildfires and okay.</p