GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - With that Canadian wildfire smoke moving into the area, it not only causes those hazy skies but can cause health concerns for certain groups of people.

Those groups include people with respiratory or lung issues such as asthma, pregnant woman, the elderly and young infants, especially if they were born prematurely, could be affected.

“They’re going to be particularly susceptible to those spine particulates that you breathe in that get deep in the lung and they could cause a lot of inflammation and irritation and exasperate their underlying conditions,” said Dr. Vivek Balasubramaniam, Professor Of Pediatrics, UW-Madison. “Causing more mucus production, causes the muscles around the airways to constrict, making it harder to breathe and you can develop an asthma att

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