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When wildfires make the air smoky, here's how to protect your health

Smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to bring poor air quality into the Northeast U.S. and the Upper Midwest. And the exposure to wildfire smoke remains a growing health problem.

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Juana Summers is a political correspondent for NPR covering race, justice and politics. She has covered politics since 2010 for publications including Politico, CNN and The Associated Press. She got her start in public radio at KBIA in Columbia, Mo., and also previously covered Congress for NPR.
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