PSA για τους δημοσιογράφους που έχουν μπει στις πυρκαγιές και το έχουν κάνει σόου.

Ο καπνός της πυρκαγιάς δεν είναι λες και είναι το τζάκι σου. Αν καίει σπίτια και άλλα βιομηχανικά υλικά μπορεί να περιέχει ό,τι χημικά μπορείς να φανταστείς.

μια επιστημονική πηγή στο θέμα: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40572-022-00355-7

> Many pollutants in wildfire smoke are already regulated by the EPA as pollutants (e.g., PM2.5, CO, NOX, phenols, cresols, acrolein, and acetaldehyde) — though not regulated when wildland fire smoke is the source. At least five chemical groups in smoke have been classified as human carcinogens by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) [114]. Firefighters during wildfires or prescribed burns are exposed to significant levels of CO, formaldehyde, acrolein, and respirable PM2.5 [128, 129]. Environmental exposures of wildfire smoke can reach dangerous levels of PM2.5 and contain high concentrations of black carbon, Cu, Zn, Pb, Sn, and other metals [130]. Our understanding of exposure profiles for wildfire versus prescribed fire smoke is limited but will continue to improve through source apportionment of smoke composition as a function of time, location, fuel source, and combustion phase during fires.

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