Lancet report documents 275% rise in wildfire smoke deaths in Canada
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A major global report published in The Lancet found that deaths linked to wildfire smoke in Canada have increased 275 percent since the early 2000s. The report identifies an average of approximately 4,000 deaths associated with wildfire smoke annually between 2021–25.
“Deaths linked to wildfire smoke in Canada have exploded by 275 per cent since the early 2000s according to a major global report that says the change is largely due to human-caused climate change.”
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Yet Carney wants to build more pipelines with emissions to make wildfires worse: Deaths associated with wildfire smoke up about 275% in Canada, new report says
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# canada Deaths associated with wildfire smoke up about 275% in Canada, new report says Scientists find that health impacts of climate change have escalated in last decade https://www. cbc.ca/news/health/canada-wild fire-smoke-deaths-climate-change-9.7398902 # ClimateChange # UpheavalClimate # ClimateInstability # ClimateReversal # MassAtrocity #…
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The faster climate impacts worsen, the more Mark Carney acts to make Canadians more vulnerable to them. Wildfire smoke deaths are up 275% www.cbc.ca/news/health/... Federal emergency centre staff who coordinate Canada's wildfire response were cut in half.
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Deaths associated with wildfire smoke in Canada increased 275% since the early 2000s, according to a new Lancet report. More work is needed to protect Canadians, as the country warms 2x faster than the global average. 👇
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This is less than ideal. Good thing Carney is anti-fossil fuels and BC & Alberta don't have climate change denying conservative governments. Oh. Sh*t. #ClimateCrisis #BCWildfire #cdnpoli #bcpoli #vanpoli #abpoli #yeg #yyc #topoli
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Deaths associated with wildfire smoke up about 275% in Canada, Kiera Osborne reports. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth #WildFires
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🔥 CBC reports deaths associated with wildfire smoke in Canada have risen roughly 275%, with researchers estimating 4,000 annually in 2021–25. These are population-level estimates, not individually confirmed causes of death. Climate change is a growing public health emergency demanding action.
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shorturl.at/vdjEz Scientists find that health impacts of climate change have escalated in last decade. The Lancet report found an average of approximately 4,000 deaths were associated with wildfire smoke in Canada each year 2021-25. That's compared with an average of only 1,050 annually in 2003-12.
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“global health emergency.” Among the myriad global findings, it found there are now an average of 4,000 deaths each year associated with wildfire smoke in Canada, a number that has surged by 275 per cent since the early 2000s. Health impacts from heat are also on the rise.”
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4,000. Each year between 2021-25. But hey, let's build another pipeline.
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Deaths linked to wildfire smoke in Canada have exploded by about 275 per cent since the early 2000s according to a major global report that tracks connections between health and climate change. Factor that into the cost of Alberta's new pipeline.
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Deaths linked to wildfire smoke in #Canada have exploded by ~275% since the early 2000s, according to a report published in The Lancet tracking connections between health and climate change. An avg of ~4,000 deaths were associated with wildfire smoke in Canada each year between 2021-25. #CDNPoli
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#Health #Fire #AirPollution #ToxicSmoke #Ozone #OxidisingPollutants #LungDamage #BrainDamage #HeartDamage #RespiratoryIllness #Asthma #COPD #MentalHealth #Dementia #Alzheimers #Pregnancy #ChildhoodDevelopment #Death #Grief #Trauma #Oil #Coal #Gas #FossilFuelPollution #AnthropogenicGlobalWarming
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Sincerely hope Mark Carney does not become a grandparent. The report also says 80 per cent of Canada's heatwave days in 2025 were directly attributable to fossil fuel-driven climate change.
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Today's news headline, "Deaths associated with wildfire smoke up about 275% in Canada, new report says".
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'Deaths associated with wildfire smoke up about 275% in Canada' 'Scientists find that health impacts of climate change have escalated in last decade' The last thing anyone needs from Mark Carney is more tarsands pipelines. #Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines #Wildfires #ClimateEmergency
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"The report, published Tuesday in The Lancet, found that an average of approximately 4,000 deaths were associated with wildfire smoke in Canada each year between 2021-25. That's compared with an average of only 1,050 annually in 2003-12."
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