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Wildfire smoke pollution linked to thousands of annual deaths: global study | Globalnews.ca

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A new international study says climate change is contributing to thousands more wildfire smoke-related deaths than in previous decades .

The modelling study estimates that about 12,566 annual wildfire smoke related deaths in the 2010s were linked to climate change, up from about 669 in the 1960s .

Sian Kou-Giesbrecht says the results attest to the importance of reducing planet-warming greenhouse gases.

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