Clean Energy Could Save American Lives to Tune of $700 Billion per Year 1122.rtf
- 130 µcg of PM2.5 / cu meter is unhealthy. The dark areas sometimes have 3-4 times that concentration and occasionally higher.
8.3 million (in 2022) was 1 per 40 Americans exposed to unhealthy levels (100µ g / cu meter) of fine particulates (PM2.5) from wildfire smoke.
Coal's Assault on Human Health 1109.pdf - 64 pp
US numbers only
Fine (very small) particulates (PM2.5) have the worst health effects.
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