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The LA Fires Spewed Out Toxic Nanoparticles. He Made It His Mission to Trace Them


Nicholas Spada is one of the only scientists in the world using a nuclear x-ray process to study deadly nanoparticles in wildfire smoke. What he’s uncovered in California is a nightmare.

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