Study reveals wildfire smoke linked to skin disease

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CALIFORNIA: A new study suggests that the dangers posed by wildfire smoke may also extend to the largest organ in the human body and our first line of defense against the outside threat: the skin. During the two weeks in November 2018 when wildfire smoke from the Camp Fire choked the San Francisco Bay Area, health clinics in San Francisco saw an uptick in the number of patients visiting with concerns of eczema, also known as atopic dermatitis, and general itch, compared to the same time of the year in 2015 and 2016, the study found.