2026
Governing | "Navigating the dangers of worsening wildfire smoke"
Governing interviewed Dr. Yifang Zhu, professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, about the health risks of wildfire smoke.
Governing interviewed Dr. Yifang Zhu, professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, about the health risks of wildfire smoke to human beings.
“Burning wood (smoke) is not completely risk free,” says Yifang Zhu, an air pollution researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Fielding School of Public Health. “But adding fuels from the built environment into the mixture of fuel will only make things worse.”
