Fires in West Have Residents Gasping on the Soot Left Behind
- Abstract
The air in the San Joaquin Valley hangs thick with gray-brown dust, a result of the state’s largest fire, which has burned through more than 160 square miles in the nearby hills. The fire has so far spared lives and homes. But it has exposed one of the obscured effects that four years of record drought has unleashed here: dangerous drops in air quality that exacerbate public health problems in this region and threaten to choke the quality of life.
- Resource Type
- Magazine/newspaper article
- Authors
- Ian Lovett Jennifer Medina
- Resource URL
- http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/10/us/fires-in-west-leave-residents-gasping-on-the-soot-left-behind.html?_r=0
- Publication
- The New York Times
- Date
- September 9, 2015
- Organization Type
- News
- Health and Human Impact
- Respiratory disease
- Climate and Environmental Impacts
- Air pollution Drought Wildfires
- Region
- Southwest