Smoke is expected to shroud the GTA for much of the week, with concentration levels expected to peak Thursday. Here are other ways to stay safe.
Smoke from wildfires raging in Quebec is expected to blanket Toronto for much of the week, prompting a special air quality statement for the city and warnings of possible “high levels” of pollution.
“Every reduction in breathing this stuff provides a benefit to your health,” said Jeff Brook, an associate professor at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry. Environment Canada and the Province of Ontario had issued a special air quality statement for the region“High levels of air pollution are possible due to smoke from forest fires. Smoke plumes from forest fires in Quebec and northeastern Ontario may result in deteriorated air quality through most of this week,” the statement said.
However, Brook said a standard surgical mask could also work — though less effectively — if N95 masks are unavailable or if people find themselves taking off an N95 mask more often than they’re wearing it.
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