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by 0x2a 2100 days ago
WHO includes smoke in their overview page on air pollution as does Wikipedia.

- https://www.who.int/health-topics/air-pollution

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_pollution#Sources
1 comments
pstrateman 2099 days ago
Most smoke that is air pollution is caused by farmers burning crops.

You can include smoke in air pollution numbers, while not considering wild fires to be pollution.

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