Fact Checking False Claims About Wildfire Smoke

The same guy who said secondhand cigarette smoke isn’t bad for you is now trying to claim the wildfire smoke that blanketed much of the East Coast last week posed no health risks. Here’s the truth about how smoky conditions affect our health.

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[EarthChild]

Thank you so much for making this video, it absolutely shocked me that this man could say such absolute lies on national television.

[nannerz]

This isn't even a bipartisan thing wtf

[hf]

Not American but this came on my recommended — I can't believe he was allowed to just spout lies?! He just made stuff up! Wth?!

[Lea_and_Henry]

They hire the guy who said second hand cigarette smoke isn’t bad for you to tell everyone that smoke from wildfires isn’t bad for you.

That should tell you everything you need to know.

[peanutbutterpanda]

Imagine taking the side of the wildfire over the side of people?

[Deeked]

I have COPD, and the smoke in Northern Virginia had me gasping for air after being outside for a few minutes.

[fredriksundberg]

Intentionally systematic stupidity with an profit mindset of just increasing the moneyflow.

[Alex-qlgw]

Sadly this guy still gets paid more than the common people for saying stupid things…

[DangerAngelous]

We need to make it a legal requirement to have sources for words from your mouth, not just on paper

[draon]

Tell him to go to Shanghai and Beijing, to experience the nature that is walking into wet cement.

[kelly]

I'm Toronto and had to stop working out, outside. It was rough for a week or so. And what's worse is I don't watch much news so I didn't understand what it was at first.

[Fomites]

Respiratory effects are bad, but they are the least of the health risks - it's the microparticles that enter into all our tissues via the lungs. This causes generalised inflammation (including atheroma which leads to strokes and heart attacks) as well as heightened cancer risk, dementia and other problems. Also look up December 1952 in London when tens of thousands of people died in several days due to air pollution.

[amethystsavage]

Something tells me Steve Milloy doesn’t have a medical degree and therefore should not be the final say in what is or isn’t a health risk

[jorenzlorenz]

Send him to clear wild fires, sure he'll be alright.

[Ash-gvuj]

Fox did however have a Doctor on Outnumbered recently talking about how dangerous it was. In particular the risks involved for people with heart disease and discussing asthma. This guy Ingraham has on is a complete muppet.i can't understand why he would contradict something so well known and obvious.

[Bromeliadsss]

That’s wild because as an asthmatic, I am STILL coughing and tasting smoke 🙃

[marty]

Look at it this way, dude; your body is trying to TELL YOU SOMETHING.

[honoryourdivinity]

How did the smoke get past the huge jet stream????

[adamboyen]

This guy is so ignorant of facts that I wouldn't be surprised if he believed that we, as humans, breath in carbon dioxide and breath out oxygen, actually it might explain a few things 🤔

[leoberg]

Can anyone explain this to me? If someone lied about something I said to push an agenda I’d be publicly calling them out on Twitter. The EPA has more money than god and they won’t take this guy to court for slander ?