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Bushfire smoke is everywhere in our cities. Here's exactly what you are inhaling

  • Written by Gabriel da Silva, Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, University of Melbourne
Bushfire smoke is everywhere in our cities. Here's exactly what you are inhalingSmoke from recent bushfires has shrouded major Australian cities.AAP/Erik Anderson

As bushfire smoke blankets large parts of Australia, it’s time to examine what this complex chemical mixture is made of, to better understand what it’s doing to both our bodies and the planet.

I research the chemical processes that create pollutants in...

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