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Smoke particulates from wildfires could cause between 4,000 and 9,000 premature deaths and cost between $36 to $82 billion per year in the United States, according to new research. The study, "Quantifying the Premature Mortality and…

Elderly people living near or downwind of unconventional oil and gas development (UOGD) -- which involves extraction methods including directional (non-vertical) drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or fracking -- are at higher risk of early…