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U.S. study links Canadian wildfire smoke to doctor visit spike in Baltimore

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U.S. researchers published peer-reviewed findings Friday that suggest doctor visits in the Baltimore area for heart and lung problems increased by almost 20 per cent on six “hotspot” days linked to wildfire smoke from Western Canada .

Canada ’s worst wildfire season on record saw plumes of smoke drift across the continent made up of fine-particle pollution.

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