Wildfires Linked to Hundreds of Unrecognized Deaths and Health Issues
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Recent studies reveal that the health toll of the Maui and LA wildfires extends beyond immediate fatalities, with significant increases in lung damage, mental health issues, and indirect deaths such as suicides and overdoses, highlighting the extensive and lasting human health impacts of these climate-driven disasters.
- New studies tie unrecognized deaths, health problems to Maui and LA wildfires KSL.com
- Hundreds of deaths may be linked to the Eaton and Palisades fires, new study suggests Los Angeles Times
- More than 400 indirect deaths linked to LA wildfires, study suggests BBC
- The Los Angeles fires may have killed hundreds more people than official records show The Washington Post
- Depression, suicides, overdoses: broad impacts of US wildfires revealed in study The Guardian
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