Suzanne Paulson

“Whatever the [AQI] color is, consider that it’s the next color up if there’s a lot of wildfire smoke.”

Suzanne Paulson · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-17

Paulson advised treating AQI levels as one category worse when wildfire smoke is heavy.

“No particles are good to breathe, but wildfire particles seem to be more toxic than regular urban particles themselves,”

Suzanne Paulson · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-17

Paulson told NBC News that wildfire particles appear more toxic than regular urban particles.