https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230621121040.htm

The study, "Quantifying the Premature Mortality and Economic Loss From Wildfire-Induced PM2.5 in the Contiguous U.S.," published in Science of the Total Environment.

"We think of automobile tailpipes and factory emissions polluting our air," said Oliver Gao, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Cornell University and a senior author on the study. "We don't necessarily think about air pollution from natural sources like wildfires.