When wildfires burn, the smoke can travel long distances and degrade air quality far away, which presents risks for those breathing it.

Smoke from Canadian wildfires hovered over several Midwestern states Saturday, bringing warnings of unhealthy air for at ...

The National Weather Service reported an air quality alert at 11:22 a.m. EDT on Saturday in effect until Monday at midnight ...

Wildfire smoke from Canada has made for bad air quality over parts of the Upper Midwest. Most of Minnesota had “unhealthy” air quality Saturday. That is according to a U.S.

Much of the Upper Midwest on Saturday was dealing with swaths of unhealthy air because of drifting smoke from Canadian wildfires, covering the northern region o ...

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Environment Public Health As politicians quarrel over wildfire smoke, research on its health impacts piles up A growing body of research shows the cascading health impacts of wildfire smoke, from ...

Smoke from Canadian wildfires again plagued portions of the northern United States on July 16, prompting air quality alerts from Illinois to Maine. This includes portions of Michigan, where the ...

An Air Quality Alert has been extended through Wednesday night for the Chicago area from wildfire smoke coming in from Canada.

Canadian wildfire smoke remains in Michigan. On July 16, officials issued an air quality advisory for western counties.