A $17 Million Question: How Do Tiny Smog Particles from Wildfires Infiltrate Your Brain and Do Their Nasty Business?

California stem cell agency is financing research to answer the question, which involves all sorts of air pollution

Plumes of smoke covered much of the Los Angeles area, home to millions of people, during the recent wildfires. The smoke was blown southwest and reached out to Catalina Island, which is 58 miles from the Altadena fire. The smaller plume is from the Pacific Palisades fire.

Editor’s note: A shorter version of this article appeared Jan. 29 on Capitol Weekl…