Bryan Johnson· Author
At this evening's firework show, you and your loved ones will inhale toxins equal to smoking a cigarette (160 µg/m³ PM₂.₅).
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At this evening's firework show, you and your loved ones will inhale toxins equal to smoking a cigarette (160 µg/m³ PM₂.₅).
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At this evening's firework show, you and your loved ones will inhale toxins equal to smoking a cigarette (160 µg/m³ PM₂.₅).
Fireworks really damaged the air quality for an entire 24-hour period. It was something like, what was a cigarette equivalent? Smoking 20 cigarettes the next day. That's right. During the fireworks show, it was equivalent to smoking one cigarette because you're you're basically getting at 160 PM 2.5 and then 12 hours after we'll throw the map up here on screen, but in the purple areas it was equivalent to smoking 20 cigarettes.