80 Million People in U.S. Under Air Quality Alerts as Canada’s Wildfire Smoke Swings South Again

 EcoWatch -  Smoke from Canada’s wildfires in Ontario and Québec has dipped south into the U.S. once again, causing air quality alerts to be issued for more than 80 million people in the Midwest and parts of the East Coast, reported CNN. In some areas, people have been advised to remain indoors and beaches have been closed. This has been the worst fire season ever recorded in Canada, with more than 257 of the 485 active wildfires yesterday burning out of control, the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre said, according to The New York Times. The current air quality in Chicago, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh and other cities in the Midwest stretching east is “very unhealthy,” according to AirNow.gov.