The B.C. Centre for Disease Control is again warning British Columbians of the negative health impacts of wildfire smoke, in the wake of new research that suggests air pollution can immediately increase risk of several heart problems.
For every 10 micrograms more of PM2.5 — the primary particle in B.C.’s wildfire smoke — in one metre cubed of air, a person’s combined odds of experiencing at least one of four heart issues was 5.5 per cent greater, a study published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal found.
The four arrhythmia studied are all significant risk factors for heart attacks and heart disease, the study notes, supporting decades of evidence that shows higher rates of
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