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How Canadian wildfires are impacting air quality across the US

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23.01.2025
An orange-tinged smog caused by Canada’s wildfires blanketed New York City on June 7, obscuring its famous skyscrapers. | Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

The summer of 2023 has seen persistent spikes in dangerous air quality levels across the United States as smoke from ongoing wildfires in Canada is blown south. In early June, the smoke in New York City was so bad it officially had the worst air quality of any major city in the world, according to air quality technology company IQAir. Later in June, much of the Midwest was blanketed by a dangerous........

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