Auscandoc<p>“in <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Canada</span></a>, some 30,000 <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>children</span></a> who were in utero during B.C.’s 2017 <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/wildfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wildfire</span></a> season were later studied by <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> scientists. Those whose mothers lived in areas with the worst <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/smoke" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>smoke</span></a> exposure were likelier to be born smaller and <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/preterm" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>preterm</span></a>; they were also sicker, developing <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/croup" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>croup</span></a>, <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/laryngitis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>laryngitis</span></a> and <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/bronchitis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bronchitis</span></a> at higher rates than other children.”</p>