Wednesday was WORST wildfire pollution event in recent US history trends now
Wednesday marked the worst wildfire pollution event in recent US history, experts confirmed, as more than 75 million Americans are still under air quality warnings.
The microscopic soot and ash traveling in the misty haze turned the atmosphere yellow and orange in New York City - and disrupted flights, schools, and sports games across a handful of other cities and states.
Stanford University professors have now confirmed that yesterday, June 7, was indeed the worst toxic wildfire smoke exposure experienced in the US since 2006.
Their new, rapid analysis revealed that based on population density and exposure to wildfire smoke, the air across the East Coast on Wednesday was 'far' worse than what California experienced during the September 2020 wildfires.
June 6 was also ranked as the fourth worse day since their data began 17 years ago.
The microscopic soot and ash traveling in the misty haze turned the atmosphere yellow and orange in New York City - and disrupted flights, schools, and sports games across a handful of other cities and states
Stanford professors have now confirmed that yesterday, June 7, was indeed the worst toxic wildfire smoke exposure in recent US history
People shield their mouths in the NYC orange haze on June 7
Marshall Burke (pictured) is the economist and sustainability professor at Stanford who led the research
Marshall Burke, an economist and sustainability professor at Stanford who led the research, said on Thursday: 'June 7 was the worst wildfire day on record in the US since 2006, by far.
'June 6 was the 4th worst. Just a massive, awful event, with highly populated areas getting hit with unprecedented levels of pollution.'
Burke confirmed that the second and third worst day on record was September 13 and 14 respectively in 2020, during the wildfires that ripped through California.
He also showed a breakdown of the data, along with the tweet: 'One more take on the severity of the ongoing smoke event.
'Below table shows # of people in continental US exposed to 50ug of PM2.5 or 75ug of PM2.5 from wildfire smoke,
