The recent wildfires and ensuing smoky air led to a spike in emergency room visits.

<div class="block">The recent wildfires and ensuing smoky air led to a spike in emergency room visits.</div>

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Wildfire Smoke Led to Increase in Asthma ER Visits

Asthma related emergency room visits actually skyrocketed Kristen in New York during the month of June. After a wave of wildfire smoke traveled from Canada to New York City. New data from the Centers for disease control and prevention, tracked er visits from June to June 1st that is to June 14th and it found that asthma related visits increased by 82% statewide and New York is one of the biggest states in the country. The regions with the highest increases were Eastern Lake Ontario and central regions. Experts looked at visits and also compared them to the levels of fine particulate matter in the air which is known as PM 2.5. Now, these are fine inhalable particles that are 30 times smaller in diameter than a human hair. They can cause short and long term health effects such as asthma and heart disease.