Firefighters use wristband sensors to track toxic chemical exposures during urban wildfires

As wildfires burn closer to urban areas, scientists are trying to better catalog the vast array of pollutants that firefighters may be exposed to

Priyanka Runwal16h ago10 min readenNews

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