A growing body of evidence suggests that wildfire smoke raises the risk of neurological diseases, as well as harming the lungs, kidney, and other organs
—the ability to empty their lungs quickly. The pandemic prevented longer term follow-up.
She has also discovered shifts in the monkeys’ circadian rhythms—the internal body clock that governs sleep-wake cycles—and “pretty stunning” changes in the monkeys’ lung structure seen in CT scans. The monkeys produce higher levels of cortisol in response to stress and sleep less, and their lungs are stiffer and have smaller volume.
“We don’t know yet how the combination of wildfire smoke and extreme heat affects human health,” since both have been treated separately in research so far, White says. “These are both important stresses on the body, and the combination may have outcomes that are as yet unknown.”
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