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Health effects of tropical smoke

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Since August, large parts of Indonesia and Malaysia have been subjected to prolonged episodes of thick haze caused by smoke from intentionally set fires, chiefly in Sumatra and Borneo. As reported in Nature1,2 and on many Internet web sites3, the haze has caused a serious health emergency for millions of people and many species of animals and has adversely affected agriculture.

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