CityNews Winnipeg: Manitoba wildfires creating poor air quality in Winnipeg

“Breathing the toxic air, well it’s dangerous, regardless,” said Dr. Louise Chartrand, assistant professor of respiratory therapy in the UM College of Rehabilitation Sciences.

UM is building a new AirSAFE Lab, which will be Canada’s first multi-disciplinary research centre for biomedical, engineering, natural science and occupational health experts to study how inhaled pollutants impact health and disease. Chartrand says she looks forward to the research that will be undertaken at this new facility.

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