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Study Shows Smoking Is A Leading Cause Of Fire Disaster And Death Worldwide, Costing Over $27 Billion Yearly
August 7, 2000 — Based on a worldwide study of smoking-related fire and disaster data, UC Davis epidemiologists show smoking is a leading cause of fires and death from fires globally, resulting in an estimated cost ... > full story -
Acrid Smoke From Raging Wildfires Hazardous To Those With Lung, Heart Diseases, National Jewish Physician Says
June 15, 2000 — The winds that fan the flames of summertime wildfires also can distribute large plumes of thick smoke miles from the actual fire, causing lung and heart problems for those with chronic health ... > full story -
Los Alamos Fire Imaged By NASA Satellite
May 22, 2000 — The fire that has raged out of control this month near Los Alamos, New Mexico, was captured May 9 in a series of images by the Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (MISR) on NASA's Terra ... > full story -
Texas Tech Developing Toxic Fire Ant Fungus
April 25, 2000 — There’s a fungus among us, and researchers at Texas Tech University are proving it to be fatal to fire ants around the state. Entomologists in the plant and soil science department say the ... > full story -
Wildfire Chemistry Model Assesses Long Range Fire Effects
December 17, 1999 — The consequences of catastrophic wildfires are so immediately visible and dramatic that it's easy to lose track of the long-range dangers being released into the air. A wildfire chemistry model ... > full story -
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Fire Ants Can Attack Humans In Homes Or Health Care Facilities
September 23, 1999 — Fire ants attack people who disturb their ant mounds, but they will also attack humans indoors. The September 21, 1999, issue of Annals of Internal Medicine carries two case reports of fire ant ... > full story -
USGS Studies Wildfire Ecology In The Western United States
September 22, 1999 — Dr. Craig Allen, a USGS research ecologist with the Midcontinent Ecological Science Center, is speaking of the New Mexico forest ecosystems he knows best, but his words apply equally well to most of ... > full story -
Satellite Fire Alarms Keep Watch On Raging California Fires
September 8, 1999 — As wildfires ravage the dry California landscape, scientists at the University of Hawai'i have created a new tool to help keep tabs on fires and identify a blaze within minutes of the time it ... > full story -
Using New Satellite Maps, Scientists Get A Clear View Of This Summer's Developing Drought
September 3, 1999 — As the Eastern United States continues to suffer from this summer's record-breaking drought, scientists are scrambling to find ways to better understand what happens to forests, rangeland and ... > full story -
Groundwater Impacted By Fire-Fighting Foams
July 15, 1999 — Fires resulting from airplane crashes are fought using aqueous film-forming foams (AFFF) that are formulated to act quickly by spreading a film of water over the burning fuel that subsequently ... > full story
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