Health risks of exposure to wildfire-toxic air: Air pollution impacts

Yiwen Zhang; Rongbin Xu; Wenzhong Huang; Tingting Ye; Pei Yu; Wenhua Yu; Yao Wu; Yanming Liu; Zhengyu Yang; Bo Wen; Ke Ju; Jiangning Song; Michael J. Abramson; Amanda Johnson; Anthony Capon; Bin Jalaludin; Donna Green; Eric Lavigne; Fay H. Johnston; Geoffrey G. Morgan; Luke D. Knibbs; Ying Zhang; Guy Marks; Jane Heyworth; Julie Arblaster; Yue Leon Guo; Lidia Morawska; Micheline S.Z.S. Coelho; Paulo H.N. Saldiva; Patricia Matus; Peng Bi; Simon Hales; Wenbiao Hu; Dung Phung; Yuming Guo; Shanshan Li

doi:10.1038/s41893-025-01535-7

Health risks of exposure to wildfire-toxic air: Air pollution impacts

Yiwen Zhang, Rongbin Xu, Wenzhong Huang, Tingting Ye, Pei Yu, Wenhua Yu, Yao Wu, Yanming Liu, Zhengyu Yang, Bo Wen, Ke Ju, Jiangning Song, Michael J. Abramson, Amanda Johnson, Anthony Capon, Bin Jalaludin, Donna Green, Eric Lavigne, Fay H. Johnston, Geoffrey G. MorganLuke D. Knibbs, Ying Zhang, Guy Marks, Jane Heyworth, Julie Arblaster, Yue Leon Guo, Lidia Morawska, Micheline S.Z.S. Coelho, Paulo H.N. Saldiva, Patricia Matus, Peng Bi, Simon Hales, Wenbiao Hu, Dung Phung, Yuming Guo, Shanshan Li^*

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Evaluating the short-term exposure to wildfire-specific fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) showed greater risks of hospitalization for all major respiratory diseases than non-wildfire PM_2.5. When developing air quality guidelines, it is also important to consider that PM_2.5 from varying sources can have different health effects, which require targeted health and environmental policy approaches.

Original language	English
Article number	1493
Pages (from-to)	472-473
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature Sustainability
Volume	8
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-025-01535-7
State	Published - May 2025

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Zhang, Y., Xu, R., Huang, W., Ye, T., Yu, P., Yu, W., Wu, Y., Liu, Y., Yang, Z., Wen, B., Ju, K., Song, J., Abramson, M. J., Johnson, A., Capon, A., Jalaludin, B., Green, D., Lavigne, E., Johnston, F. H., ... Li, S. (2025). Health risks of exposure to wildfire-toxic air: Air pollution impacts. Nature Sustainability, 8(5), 472-473. Article 1493. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-025-01535-7

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