Each day a child breathes wildfire smoke thick with ash and fine soot that child’s likelihood of experiencing anxiety and depression and other mental health problems increases, according to new scientific research on air pollution and childhood development.

Air pollution from wildfires is a growing problem with many health harms, particularly for Blacks and Latinx. You can protect yourself with masks and filters.

A new CU Boulder study found exposure to air pollution — including wildfire smoke — increases symptoms of mental illness in young people.

The study, which explores how particulate pollution impacts the adolescent brain, involves 10,000 youth and is among the first of its kind. According to a recent study by the Boulder, which analyzed 10,

As wildfires continue to burn across parts of California, a new study finds that smoke from these blazes and other air pollution could be harming kids’ mental health. Repeated exposure to high levels of particle pollution increases kids’ risk of depression,