
Wildfire Smoke Is Damaging Your Brain — and You Don’t Even Know It
Abstract The fires burning across Los Angeles, Miami, and large stretches of the Western United States are making headlines for the devastation they leave behind. But the most insidious damage from these events is invisible — carried on the wind, drawn deep into the lungs, and from there, into the brain. A growing body of research — including work from the University of Washington, the US Environmental Protection Agency, and