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With the sun obstructed by haze, Spain\u2019s players practiced Thursday ahead of the World Cup final outside in northern New Jersey while air conditions are hazardous because of smoke from Canadian wildfires.<\/p>\n

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It was not clear how fast-paced a practice Spain held. Media members are only able to observe the first 15 minutes of what was scheduled to be a hourlong session in East Hanover beginning at 11 a.m. EDT.<\/p>\n

Argentina remained in the Atlanta area to work out less than 24 hours after rallying to beat England and reach the final for a second consecutive tournament. Marietta, Georgia, is far enough south to avoid the effects of the fire, which are being windblown to the southeast from northern Ontario, triggering warnings from the U.S. Midwest through the Northeast.<\/p>\n

Officials urged people to stay inside or wear masks outside as air quality reached unhealthy to hazardous levels, meaning it\u2019s unhealthy for anyone, regardless of health conditions. Experts expressed concern over holding practice outdoors.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are high-level athletes who are moving a lot of air through their lungs during every practice in every game, and really they shouldn\u2019t be practicing outside if the air quality levels are at hazardous sort of ranges for wildfire-related air pollution,\u201d said Dr. Courtney Howard, an emergency room physician and Global Climate and Health Alliance official. \u201cThat\u2019s the time to schedule a practice inside. You could put an N95 mask on them, but trying to make sure that everybody\u2019s mask is well-fitted, I suspect that\u2019s not the best choice. I would go find an air-conditioned indoor facility that\u2019s a clean-air shelter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Messages sent to FIFA and the Spanish Football Association asking whether that was considered or possible were not immediately returned. The smoke is expected to clear the area well before the championship game Sunday in East Rutherford, New Jersey, with kickoff scheduled for 3 p.m.<\/p>\n

The air quality in East Hanover on Thursday started early in the morning as \u201cunhealthy\u201d but got cleaner, so by mid-afternoon it was merely \u201cunhealthy for sensitive groups,\u201d according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s Air Now monitoring system. Particle pollution in New Jersey on Thursday was more than seven times higher than the World Health Organization standard. The forecast calls for an improvement to \u201cmoderate\u201d for Sunday.<\/p>\n

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Smoke from wildfires \u2014 which are burning more of North America as Earth warms \u2014 attacks nearly every system in the body, killing tens of thousands of people a year, numerous medical studies show.<\/p>\n

It attacks the body immediately, spiking asthma cases with increased ambulance runs within hours. Smoke can trigger inflammation in different parts of the body, often attacking a person\u2019s weakest points, which can then cascade into different effects of an immune system trying to fight a nasty irritant, doctors and scientists said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not healthy for anyone to be in the smoke, especially if you\u2019re exercising,\u201d Harvard School of Public Health environmental health research scientist Mary Johnson said. \u201cYou\u2019re exchanging more air, so you\u2019re being exposed to even more pollutants, and even healthy individuals at some point will have some type of health effect from the exposure to the smoke. So, even though these are healthy, young individuals, it\u2019s not a good idea to be exercising in this type of environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scientists have counted at least 1,000 toxins in wildfire smoke, according to Colorado State University environmental toxicologist Luke Montrose.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I gave you a list you would recognize some of these as being very bad often times associated with the burning of diesel fuel or cigarette smoke things like formaldehyde or volatile organic compounds,\u201d Montrose said. \u201cJust the smoke itself can be bad.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Climate video producer Teresa de Miguel in Washington and SNTV videographers Lissette Romero in East Hanover, New Jersey, and Max Feliu in Marietta, Georgia, contributed to this report.<\/p>\n

Read more Triple digit heat index, then weekend storms for central NC<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n See more of AP\u2019s World Cup coverage here\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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