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Researchers find common ground in forest and fire management
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As rules are crafted, farmworkers report limited access to breaks, shade on hot days
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Hospitals confront climate change as patients sick from floods and fires crowd ERs
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Wildfire smoke claims more than 33,000 lives each year, new study finds
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Wildfire smoke exposure linked to preterm births, study says
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Washington State adds emergency rules to protect workers from heat and wildfire smoke
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Heat, smoke and COVID: A public health ‘perfect storm’
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Washington urged to prepare for wildfire smoke: Here's how
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Smoke season is coming to Washington. Here’s how to prepare
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The heat wave in the West 'virtually impossible' without climate change
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‘We thought it wouldn’t affect us’: heatwave forces climate reckoning in Pacific Northwest
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Wildfire smoke: A burning health issue is getting worse
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Climate change is already a disaster to health, doctors say
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Heat is killing more people than ever. Scientists are looking for ways to lower the risk
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A new age of fires: UW researchers are helping our region create a path forward—for the health of our forests and all who live here
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UW researchers attribute over 200 deaths to September wildfire smoke
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During wildfires, West Coast farmworkers forced to put harvest over health
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September smoke may have led to nearly 200 deaths in Washington
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How wildfire smoke affects your lungs
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Where’d all the smoke go? It didn’t just disappear
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As wildfire smoke clears, King County’s airport communities continue fight for clean air
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How wildfire smoke affects the body and what you can do to protect yourself
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PNW wildfire smoke has outdoor workers worried — and sick
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Spending Friday outside in the Puget Sound region was like smoking almost 9 cigarettes
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The health consequences of smoky air
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How to stay safe in a smoky pandemic: Your questions answered, and science explained
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Respiratory cases increase at Washington hospitals due to heavy wildfire smoke
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How to reduce your exposure to unhealthy air from Washington state’s wildfire smoke. That cloth mask won’t help
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Wildfire smoke exacerbates COVID-related respiratory concerns
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Wildfire Smoke Rule
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DEOHS MS student, Lilian Liu was awarded the UW Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies' 2021-22 Washington State Labor Research Grant for the study, "Assessing Stakeholder Engagement in Labor Policy: T

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