“The news coverage of the smoke palls swirling out of Canada across the East Coast has centered on the substantial threat to people suffering from asthma, heart disease & other ailments exacerbated by smoke inhalation.
This would be a great moment to remind North American audiences that much of the developing world lives, indoors & outside, with vastly worse smoke exposure.” https://revkin.substack.com/p/putting-the-awful-eastern-us-wildifre
Excellent perspective by @revkin on the US #wildfire smoke. #ClimateChange
Putting the Awful Eastern U.S. Wildfire Smoke in Perspective
The media capital of the world is freaking out over air pollution levels that are low compared to those in millions of developing-country homesAndy @Revkin (Sustain What)
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •I Agree. Just to add this here in NYC:
"Delivery workers, construction crews, street vendors and gas station employees said they felt scratchy throats and itchy eyes after spending Wednesday and Thursday working in air quality conditions ranked among the worst in the nation. "
https://gothamist.com/news/my-eyes-burned-essential-workers-toil-in-smoke-filled-air-across-tristate-area-despite-warnings
'My eyes burned': Essential workers toil in smoke-filled air across tristate area despite warnings
David Brand (Gothamist)