The Air is Unbearable”: Health Impacts of Deforestation-Related Fires in the Brazilian

The 50-page report, “The Air is Unbearable: Health Impacts of Deforestation-Related Fires in the Brazilian ,” uses official health and environmental data to estimate that 2,195 hospitalizations due to respiratory illness are attributable to the 2019 fires. Nearly 500 involved infants under a year old, and more than 1,000 involved people over age 60. These hospitalizations represent only a fraction of the total health impact from fires, as millions of people were exposed in 2019 to harmful levels of air pollution resulting from the deforestation-related burning of the .

Brazil: Fires Affect Health of Thousands

Air quality and human health improvements from reductions in deforestation-related fire in Brazil

How Do Brazilian Fires Affect Air Pollution and Public Health? - Marlier - 2020 - GeoHealth - Wiley Online Library

Frontiers Beyond Deforestation: Carbon Emissions From Land Grabbing and Forest Degradation in the Brazilian

Brazil Is On Fire: Healing the lungs of our home

A Devastating Burning Season for the Brazilian

deforestation and fires are a hazard to public health

fires clearly linked to deforestation, scientists say

Brazil fires: As the burns, breathing problems spike - The Washington Post

Supply Chain Laws to Fight Deforestation Must Back Indigenous Rights

PDF) Health impacts of smoke exposure in South America: increased risk for populations in the ian Indigenous territories

The is Burning: How, Why & What Can We Do? - Bioneers