Research Article: The Burden of Air Pollution on Skin Health: a Brief Report and Call to Action
Introduction:
In June of 2023, New York City reached the highest levels of air pollution in its recorded history following wildfire events in Canada [1]. Such elevated pollution levels have not been confined to New York City: many other cities, including San Francisco (CA) and Portland (OR), have experienced comparable extremes during wildfire events (Fig. 1) [1]. Most recently, wildfires in Maui were the deadliest in the USA in over a century [2]. While the USA historically has had few air pollution crises, it now faces the…
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