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The fire goes out, but the smoke remains: 100,000 “invisible” deaths every year

From Ta Nea · () Greek

Translated from Greek and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Extreme wildfire-smoke episodes have tripled since the 1990s, according to a new report referenced by Ta Nea.
  • Fine particles can travel vast distances and enter the bloodstream, turning wildfire smoke into a cross-border health threat.
  • The article links wildfire smoke to about 100,000 otherwise “invisible” deaths each year.

The fire may be extinguished, but the smoke remains. Every year, it is linked to 100,000 “invisible” deaths, according to the article’s framing.

Extreme episodes of smoke from forest fires have tripled since the 1990s. Fine particles travel across enormous distances and enter the bloodstream.

What begins as a natural disaster can therefore become a cross-border public-health threat, affecting people far beyond the area where the fire burned. A new report cited by Ta Nea examines the scale of that danger.

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Originally published by Ta Nea in Greek. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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