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  • Deputy Chief Environmental Scientist - Environmental Public Health, Monash University
Biomass smoke can scar and inflame the lungs. thinboyfatter/ Flickr

Bushfire smoke harms the lungs like cigarette smoke

Elizabeth Cassidy, The Conversation

Bushfire smoke can damage the lungs in a similar way to smoking-related emphysema, according to a study from the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research. Published in international science journal PLOS…
Smoke from bushfires fill the sky over Sydney, Thursday, October 17, 2013, potentially affecting millions of people. AAP/JAMES MORGAN

What you can do about the health impact of bushfire smoke

Martine Dennekamp, Monash University and Fay Johnston, University of Tasmania

In recent days, we’ve seen dramatic pictures of thick smoke from bushfires hanging over Sydney. Our first thoughts are with people living in the immediate vicinity of the fires, and the threat to their…

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