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Gaps in wildfire smoke warning network leave people exposed

by Matthew BrownPadmananda Rama
| August 25, 2021 10:27 PM

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Huge gaps between air quality sensors in the western U.S. have created blind spots in the warning system for wildfire smoke plumes sweeping North America this summer, amid growing concern over potential health impacts to millions of people exposed to the pollution.

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