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What are the health implications of the Everglades wildfires, and will World Cup spectators and players be affected?
Dr. Roberto Lucchini works with first responders exposed to carcinogens in the World Trade Center attacks. He discusses how airborne toxins from South Florida fires could impact residents, visitors.
As of Thursday, three wildfires near the Everglades in west Miami-Dade County had scorched nearly 16,000 acres and were reportedly 50% contained, according to officials. The emanating smoke has the potential to impact the health of local residents as well as up to one million visitors in South Florida for the 2026 World Cup.
Dr. Roberto Lucchini is an occupational medicine specialist at the Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work who served as the director of the World Trade Center Data Center at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City from 2012 to 2020. …
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