Is All That Wildfire Smoke Damaging My Lungs?
Forest fires have brought a smoky haze to the West, along with stinging eyes, sore throats and headaches to people far from flames. Unseen particles of ash are also making it hard for some to breathe.
It's an unusually bad wild fire season in the West, and for weeks people across the region have been breathing air thick with smoke.
"There's smoke from Canada, smoke from Idaho, smoke from California and Montana. There's smoke everywhere," says Greg Svelund, a spokesman for Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality.
A quick look at the Environmental Protection Agency's website shows unhealthy or hazardous air conditions all over the Pacific Northwest and into
