Episode 184: Unnecessary Deaths by Fire

<p>This episode explores new research, which has found that human-initiated wildfire smoke is responsible for around 20,000 premature deaths per year in the United States.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Read this episode’s science poem <a href='https://thepoetryofscience.scienceblog.com/3641/unnecessary-deaths-by-fire/'>here</a>.    </p> <p>Read the scientific study that inspired it <a href='https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aca91f'>here</a>.</p> <p>Read ‘SMOKE’ by Philip Levine <a href='https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/40230/smoke-56d21df39cbcb'>here</a>.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Music by <a href='http://smarturl.it/thepaperwaits'>Rufus Beckett</a>.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:</p> <p>Email: <a href='mailto:sam.illingworth@gmail.com'>sam.illingworth@gmail.com</a>   Twitter: <a href='https://twitter.com/samillingworth'>@samillingworth</a>  </p>