| You are in a dangerous situation for your children and for yourselves because of the particulates and fumes from the fires in your state.A lot of the particles emitted by the fires are so small,that once they go into your lungs, they wont come out.These particles pose serious,long term, health risks for everyone exposed to them,especially children.The masks you use should be able to filter pm2.5particles from the smokey air you are having to breathe and should contain charcoal to filter the toxic fumes as well. The smoke that is around you contains very small toxic particles of all sorts.The smoke has deposited these microscopic particles on everything in the area and will linger in that area for a long time.Any time you or your children are in the areas with the particles in them,you and anyone in the area should wear masks that will filter the tiniest particles. The EPA and the State Health Department of NEW YORK CITY told the firefighters and residents there that the dust they were breathing was safe,and they believed them (lesson learned)...and as a result a lot of them are now sick with PERMANENT debilitating respiratory illnesses. I have watched the congressional hearings on C-span and listened to the firefighters and other emergency responders that worked for many days in the particulate laden air.Half of them (so far)are sufferring from debilitating effects of being exposed to the particulates there.The smoke and soot residues in california are as bad and possibly worse than that material at NYC in many ways. Just because people get on television and say ..."we havent done studies"like I saw an alleged rep of the American Lung Association say on MSNBC last week, or ...try to downplay the dangers of breathing that toxic smoke/particulates,doesn't mean its ok.It just means they don't know or don't care that there is a wealth of research out there on the subject,and it all points to the fact that wood smoke/particulates are very toxic to the human body. Please go to this website..http://burningissues.org... it's a very good source of information on wood smoke and what it does to the human body.Arm yourself with knowledge for the sake of your health and your children's health.I know you dont want you or your children to end up like the debilitated firefighters and other personnel from 911 at NYC.It is your future,choose wisely! |