Opinion

Smoke in the air: how much will it affect your health?

By Brian Oliver
Updated January 14 2020 - 8:03am, first published January 13 2020 - 9:30pm

In previous years, Australians might have been exposed to bushfire smoke for a few days, or even a week. But this bushfire season is extreme in every respect. Smoke haze has now regularly featured in Australian weather reports for several weeks, stretching across months in some areas.

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