BBC OS Conversations: Air pollution

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Documentary, Society & Culture

4.3 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Hundreds of wildfires are burning across Canada, almost half are classed by officials as ‘out of control’. Their immediate impact is the destruction of homes and businesses, plants and wildlife. But the smoke from those fires is affecting air quality. Maps tracking the spread of the smoke, have shown it covering large parts of Canada, as well as US cities such as Minneapolis and Chicago. We speak to families in Canada and New York who share experiences of the smoke from wildfires in Canada. Plus, mothers from India, Pakistan, and United States discuss the effect of air pollution.

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0:10.5	that can stop heavy bleeding unless they're diminished. There to save lives is great to go to bed
0:15.1	knowing that we can help. Listen now by searching for the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service
0:20.4	wherever you get your podcasts. Hello and Peter Aquachim. Welcome to the documentary from
0:26.3	the BBC World Service. We're bringing people together to discuss significant events
0:31.2	from around the world this time and issue that affects millions if not billions of us. Air pollution.
0:39.3	As smoke from wildfires continues to spread across North America, we bring together families in
0:45.4	Canada and the United States. We hear two from people around the world. Three mothers talk about
0:51.4	their children and air pollution and tour guides in Lahore and Cairo tell us what the tourists
0:57.5	see. People look around and they're like what's this in the air? Is it fog? Is it smoke? Is it
1:04.8	hazy? Then my answer is like a mix of all of the above.
1:13.0	Hundreds of wildfires are burning across Canada. Almost half are classed by officials as out of
1:19.5	control. Their immediate impact is the destruction of homes and businesses, plants and wildlife.
1:26.0	Thousands of people have also been forced to leave their homes but the smoke from those fires
1:31.6	is also affecting air quality both in the area and many hundreds thousands of kilometers away.
1:38.8	The skies in New York being turned orange from that air pollution was quite a sight and if you
1:44.1	look at the map tracking the spread of the smoke you'll see that in recent days it has covered
1:49.2	large parts of Canada and also drifted to US cities such as Minneapolis and Chicago, with some
1:56.7	experiencing their worst air quality on record. For our first conversation my colleague James
2:02.4	Reynolds spoke last week to Lucas. He lives in the East Village area of New York. Becks is in the
2:09.2	Canadian province of Nova Scotia and Karishma is in Cambridge Ontario about an hour away from
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