Residents near Maui wildfires show elevated metals linked to impacted lung health, study says
A study indicates that residents living near the 2023 Maui wildfires have been exposed to metal mixtures in smoke and ash, which are linked to negative lung health impacts.
A new study finds that metal mixtures found in smoke, ash and debris after the 2023 Maui wildfires affected human lung health. Researchers from the University of Hawaii, Honolulu studied 1,400 adults and found higher internal metal levels associated with respiratory harm up to a year and a half after the fires.
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