Air Pollution

Feeling Itchy

Feeling Itchy? The Surprising Link Between Wildfire Smoke and Eczema

Feeling itchy lately? It might not just be the usual suspects causing your discomfort. When Raj Fadadu, then a medical student, awoke to an ominous, orange sky, he had no idea that the day would reveal a startling connection between air pollution and skin health. “I remember thinking it might just be an intense sunrise,” Fadadu recalls. “But as the hours passed, the sky remained a deep, dark orange. It felt like a scene from a dystopian movie—like the world