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Our board chair, Dr Brian Moench, recently wrote an opinion piece about the growing problem of prescribed fire smoke.
“On a national scale, at least 10,000 people die annually from wildfire smoke, but slightly more die from prescribed burn smoke.”
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No Physician Would "Prescribe" the Forest Service's Intentional Burns
Air pollution kills people, especially severe air pollution, even short-term. The EPA has a 24-hour safety limit for air pollution for this reason. Some
