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Wildfires can poison drinking water – here’s how communities can be better prepared*

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Wildfires can poison drinking water – here’s how communities can be better prepared* PreventionWeb The 2018 Camp Fire in Paradise and Butte County, California was the deadliest and most destructive fire in California’s history. It took 86 lives and destroyed more than 18,000 structures in a matter of hours. Almost two years later, only a fraction of the area’s 40,000-plus population has returned. This disaster followed the 2017 Tubbs Fire, which killed 22 people in California’s Sonoma and Napa counties. After both fires, drinking water tests revealed a plethora of acutely toxic and carcinogenic pollutants. READ MORE

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