Wildfire Smoke May Be More Harmful Than Other Air Pollution, Mount Sinai Studies Find

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Published: 2026-09-17
Category: science
Source: Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Two large-scale studies by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai indicate that wildfire smoke may pose greater health risks than other sources of air pollution, leading to higher hospitalization risks for cardiovascular and respiratory disease and poorer survival among lung cancer patients.

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