A new report details respiratory problems, mental health conditions and lack of access to medical care following the deadly August fire in Lahaina.
By Brianna Sacks, The Washington PostKailini Ross holds a box of albuterol, a medication to prevent shortness of breath, in Lahaina, Hawaii on May 2. Ross has been suffering from multiple respiratory issues since last year’s wildfire.
In their report, the researchers noted the study’s limitations, including the fact that is may not be “broadly representative of all individuals affected by the wildfires” and lacks some pre-fire baseline data for comparisons. The study also depended on self-reported findings, which could introduce bias into the result, “with participants potentially offering responses they perceive as more socially acceptable rather than their true experiences.
Experts and environmental health scientists, including an independent adviser to the Maui exposure study, expressed concerns that the state made such a sweeping conclusion made so quickly. In Ross’s case, she had been living at home in the Leiali’i neighborhood right at the edge of the burn line. During the fire, flames destroyed part of her back patio. After six weeks, she started having trouble breathing, her nose and throat always burned, and she was lightheaded.
surround much of the charred neighborhoods, largely hiding them from view. New housing projects have broken ground. The shopping center is revamped and freshly painted, with stores selling sunscreen and key chains to tourists, who are again enjoying happy hour on Front Street.As the Maui Wildfire Exposure Study details, the fire crippled the island’s health-care infrastructure, with a particularly heavy impact on Native Hawaiians, Latinos, Pacific Islanders and Filipinos.
Before she started therapy, Ross said she would “cry all night long.” It was as if, she described, the entire town was “screaming.”
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