Summer is a great time to enjoy our beautiful outdoors: with the warmer temperatures, many of us go on camping trips and spend days with our friends and families by the ocean or the lake. Many of us walk more, cycle to work and school, and go on hiking trips.
But lately, our summers have also been plagued with extreme heat and thick wildfire smoke, making the time we spend outside shorter. So what do we do when we need to stay indoors in order to keep ourselves healthy?
In this episode, hear what Dr. Emily Brigham (Vancouver Coastal Health and University of British Columbia) has to say about keeping our lungs healthy during wildfire smoke events so we’re resilient when they continue to happen in our future.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
– Activity recommendations based on AQHI readings, BC Centre for Disease Control: www.bccdc.ca/resource-gallery/D…mokeAndTheAQHI.pdf
– Environment Canada Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) local forecasts: weather.gc.ca/airquality/pages/index_e.html
– University of Northern BC (UNBC) AQ Map: aqmap.ca/aqmap/#4/58.55/-111.60/B31/L38/L40/L41
– Wildfire Smoke and Extreme Heat Action Plan: centreforlunghealth.ca/wildfire-smok…-action-plan/
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