Wildfire smoke now a bigger prenatal threat than human pollution
Clean Air Act gains are being erased as wildfire smoke overtakes industrial emissions as the top prenatal air-pollution risk.

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Clean Air Act gains are being erased as wildfire smoke overtakes industrial emissions as the top prenatal air-pollution risk.
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