{"id":10024,"date":"2021-08-09T05:55:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T10:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/?p=10024"},"modified":"2021-08-08T10:14:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-08T15:14:21","slug":"heres-how-wildfire-smoke-affects-the-body-and-how-you-can-protect-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wellness\/heres-how-wildfire-smoke-affects-the-body-and-how-you-can-protect-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s how wildfire smoke affects the body \u2014 and how you can protect yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout the world, the increase in wildfires is appalling and unsettling.\u00a0 In Canada, even the smoke from neighboring provinces can have an impact on our environment and our personal health.\u00a0 When you check your local weather and see &#8220;smoke&#8221; as the current status, this is a warning to take the necessary precautions.\u00a0 This article provides helpful guidance if you are directly affected by wildfire conditions and may be vulnerable to the effects of smoky air.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-controls=\"1\" data-card-align=\"center\" data-card-theme=\"light\">\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/ideas.ted.com\/heres-how-wildfire-smoke-affects-the-body-and-how-you-can-protect-yourself\/\">Here&#8217;s how wildfire smoke affects the body &#8211; and how you can protect yourself<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>In the US, fire and health officials began issuing warnings about wildfire smoke several weeks earlier than normal this year. With almost the entire western half of the country experiencing drought, signs pointed to a long and dangerous fire season.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout the world, the increase in wildfires is appalling and unsettling.\u00a0 In Canada, even the smoke from neighboring provinces can have an impact on our environment and our personal health.\u00a0 When you check your local weather and see &#8220;smoke&#8221; as the current status, this is a warning to take the necessary precautions.\u00a0 This article provides helpful guidance if you are directly affected by wildfire conditions and may be vulnerable to the effects of smoky air.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ideas.ted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/FINAL_Wildfire-smoke.jpg?resize=750,450","fifu_image_alt":"Here\u2019s how wildfire smoke affects the body \u2014 and how you can protect yourself","footnotes":""},"categories":[201,3],"tags":[519,520,521,522,5,344,42],"class_list":{"0":"post-10024","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community","8":"category-wellness","9":"tag-wild_fires","10":"tag-air_pollution","11":"tag-air_quality","12":"tag-asthma","13":"tag-health","14":"tag-lung_health","15":"tag-wellbeing"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10024"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10027,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10024\/revisions\/10027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}