If you’ve been feeling a burning in your eyes after spending time outside sometime in the last few months, it might be more common than you think — according to some experts, the poor air quality caused by raging wildfires across Canada is affecting more than just our lungs.
, all due to smog produced by wildfires in northern Quebec.
It’s no surprise that wildfire smoke can be a source of eye irritation, according to Dan Riskin, CTV News' Science and Technology Specialist. Researchers noted that we still don’t know what long-term damage to the eyes may come from wildfire smoke. “It really varies between individuals and their kind of pre-existing condition of their eyes,” she said in a phone interview.
If you pay attention to your symptoms when they are just starting, heading inside can head off those symptoms worsening. “If you have to be outside and you're working, maybe goggles would be a good idea, if you're concerned about the outside air quality,” Sit said.
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