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When wildfires make the air smoky, here's how to protect your health

By Alejandra Borunda,
Juana Summers
Published August 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM CDT

Smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to bring poor air quality into the Northeast U.S. and the Upper Midwest. And the exposure to wildfire smoke remains a growing health problem.

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Juana Summers
Juana Summers is a co-host of NPR's All Things Considered, alongside Ailsa Chang, Ari Shapiro and Mary Louise Kelly. She joined All Things Considered in June 2022.