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08-10-2006, 05:55 AM
EDMONTON, AB - A computer simulation of forest fires shows the cost to human health from smoke can be a huge expense when timber is alight. "The overall health impacts were significant, when compared to other related costs such as firefighting," said Vic Adamowicz, a professor of rural economy at the University of Alberta who co-authored the study, Economic Analysis of Health Effects From Forest Fires.
Source: CanWest News Service (click for full story) (http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/national/story.html?id=86fd0586-d152-4b01-8c0f-082573043337)
Smoke may rival fire's devastation: canada.com (http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=1888c420-3438-46d4-b9d5-7426df6f915c&k=11536)
Forest fires a huge cost to health: eurekalert.org (http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-08/uoa-ffa081006.php)
Source: CanWest News Service (click for full story) (http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/national/story.html?id=86fd0586-d152-4b01-8c0f-082573043337)
Smoke may rival fire's devastation: canada.com (http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=1888c420-3438-46d4-b9d5-7426df6f915c&k=11536)
Forest fires a huge cost to health: eurekalert.org (http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-08/uoa-ffa081006.php)