Hundreds of premature deaths due to last summer’s bushfire smoke
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Smoke from Australia’s bushfires killed hundreds of people and had an unprecedented $2 billion health impact, experts say amid warnings it will take years for survivors to recover from the trauma of the devastating blazes.
An estimated 80% of the Australian population was adversely affected by smoke from the Black Summer bushfires, researchers have told the royal commission into the disaster.