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Wildfires may be making children sick
California blazes linked to respiratory ailments in kids, study finds
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 NEW YORK - The wildfires that swept through Southern California in 2003 may have caused wheezing and other respiratory problems in many children, even those without asthma, according to a new study. Asthmatic children, being particularly susceptible to the effects of the smoky air, suffered the most symptoms, the study found. But non-asthmatic children were also struck by attacks of wheezing, coughing, sore throats, eye irritation and colds during the October 2003 wildfires that burned more than 1,000 square miles in Southern California. They essentially experienced what many asthmatic children do on a normal day, the study authors report in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. "The fire gave the non-asthmatics an idea of what it means to live with asthma," Dr. Nino Kunzli, the study's lead author, told Reuters Health. The 2003 wildfires sent plumes of smoke into the air that hovered for days, raising levels of air-polluting particulate matter by 10 to 20 times. The smoke also contained carbon monoxide and numerous other toxic substances. Such poor air quality is particularly dangerous for people with asthma, whose symptoms can be exacerbated. | Click for related content |
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