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Environment & Energy

LakeVermilion

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1. In northern Minnesota,

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Thu Aug 28, 2025, 11:03 AM

Thursday

we are currently busy inhaling smoke and ash from Canadian wildfires. So between the plastic and the smoke/ash our lungs are filling at two to three times the going rate!

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