Fires in the Amazon: How the smoke already present in Buenos Aires can affect us

The provinces of Chaco, Formosa, Jujuy, Salta Corrientes and Misiones – the first to have received this smoke on our territory – have not yet reported health problems or another type that is related to this shocking devastation. "In Buenos Aires, we have it high, but the smoke will stay until Thursday Matías Bertolotti, a TN meteorologist, added that the important thing was that the problem was finally announced.

"From the point of view of food security, the reserves are sufficient for it to be the socio-economic factors that limit access. This is not necessary continues to grow borders of agriculture, nor the further deforestation of rainforests and in particular of America ", badures With well-being Lucas Garibaldi, director of the Andean headquarters of the Institute of Natural Resources Research, Agroecology and Rural Development of the National University of Rio Negro.

With regard to medical conditions, the respiratory allergy and those who have rhinitis, could worsen the symptoms with this residual smoke. "Those who do not preventive treatment correctly, they must l & # 39; activate because the smoke is irritating and precipitates bronchospasm"says Dr. Claudio Parisi (MN 95292), responsible for the adult and child allergies sections of the Italian hospital.

"The reality is that this Pollution, especially that which comes from "wood" can affect the health of the population, irritating the respiratory tracts. There are more risk groups such as asthmatics, people with COPD, those with pneumonia or bronchial symptoms. Dr. Evangelina Membriani (MN 132813), a professional respirologist at the Hospital of Clínicas, also mentions the cardiac history. It also mentions older adults, babies, and pregnant women in the at-risk group.

"The smoke is highBertolotti dramatizes. However, Dr. Membriani doubts that this is limited to the upper layers, because it could go down, she explains: "It is necessary to evaluate the time of exposure, the number of particles, it is very difficult to predict, especially in this last period when the number of fires was increasing. "

Dr. Alejandro Aguilar (MN 71395), a specialist in ocular surface disease, said: "We receive more or less twenty thousand liters of air a day on the ocular surface. When this air is contaminatedand, in this case, because of the possibility of arrival of Amazonian smoke, the pollution is essentially composed of carbon particles extremely aggressive. "Symptoms may be eye irritation, redness, tearing, burning or itching of the eyes.

As the release of the particles is estimated as they move away from the focus, the general view is that under these conditions should not affect us. "About us, this smoke is something anecdotal, harmless and even picturesque, since sunrises and sunsets will look orange," Bertolotti closes.