Winds have blown smoke from unchecked Canadian wildfires into the region. An Air Quality Health Advisory was issued for all five boroughs.
Canada is dealing with a series of intense wildfires that have spread from the western provinces to Quebec, with hundreds of forest fires burning. The smoke has traveled into the United States, resulting in a number of air quality alerts issued since May.
There is no evidence of a safe level of exposure to some of the pollutants, meaning that smoke can impact your health even at very low levels. The air quality alerts caution "sensitive groups," a big category that includes children, older adults, and people with lung diseases, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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