Community based research initiative sharing DIY method to improve indoor air quality during wildfires

With wildfires bringing smoke to the region, Midcoast Morning spoke with researchers about what we know about its health impacts, and heard about a community based research initiative aiming to help people use DIY tools to improve air quality during wildfires .

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Mount Underwood wildfire photo by BC Wildfire Service. (Fair Dealing)

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Host

Joe Pugh

Joe Pugh is host and producer for Midcoast Morning, and is a journalist with CHLY 101.7FM's Nonprofit Newsroom Project.

Editor

Jesse Woodward

Executive Director/Host/Producer at @chly1017fm in Nanaimo. Audio Editor at Politicoast. He/him/they/them. Millennial and anti-dystopian. Posting on the Salish Sea from the traditional territory of the Snuneymuxw. 🚲📻🎧📷www.chly.ca

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