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Communications Earth and Environment: Airborne hexavalent chromium nanoparticles detected around cleanup zones for the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires
The 2025 Eaton and Palisades fires in Los Angeles (LA) exemplify destructive wildfires that increasingly threaten cities across the globe. The dangers during the post-burn cleanup phase from…
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ES&T Air: Levels and Sources of Airborne Volatile Organic Compounds in Fifty Homes Following the 2025 Los Angeles Wildfires
A new paper published in ES&T Air by Dr. Joseph Allen and his team at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health examines the presence of volatile…
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ES&T Letters: Characterizing Postfire Fine and Ultrafine Particles in the 2025 Eaton Fire Burn Zone and Nearby Areas
A new paper published in Environmental Science & Technology Letters from Dr. Yifang Zhu and her team at UCLA Fielding School of Public Health examines the fine particle…
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Environmental Science & Technology: New study links wildfire smoke exposure and heat stress to adverse birth outcomes
A new paper by LA Fire HEALTH Study researchers Dr. Mike Jerrett and Dr. Yifang Zhu and their colleagues at UCLA Fielding School of Public Health shares air…
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JACC: Emergency Encounters for Illness During and After the Los Angeles Wildfires
A new paper by Dr. Susan Cheng and her team at Cedars-Sinai in JACC examined emergency room visits during and in the days following the January 2025 LA…
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Nature Medicine: Immune impacts of fire smoke exposure
This new article from Dr. Kari Nadeau, LA Fire HEALTH Study researcher, and Chair of the Department of Environmental Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health,…
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JAMA Internal Medicine: Long-Term Health Implications of the Los Angeles Wildfires and Insights From Military Burn Pit Exposures
A new letter in JAMA Internal Medicine from Dr. Kari Nadeau and other researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School, and Stony Brook…
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Environmental Science & Technology: Adverse Birth Outcomes Associated with Heat Stress and Wildfire Smoke Exposure During Preconception and Pregnancy
A new paper by Dr. Roxana Khalili, Dr. Rima Habre, and their colleagues at USC Keck School of Medicine examined health outcomes of newborns and their mothers as…
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medRxiv Preprint: Indoor and Outdoor Volatile Organic Compound Levels During and After the 2025 Los Angeles Wildfires
A preprint* of a new article by LA Fire HEALTH Study researchers Dr. Mike Jerrett and Dr. Yifang Zhu and colleagues shares air quality data collected during and…
