In the fifth and final installment of the Chico Enterprise-Record's series on toxic wildfire smoke, host Robin Epley takes a look at the future of megafires and public health, how climate change is driving the “next big one,” and the dangerous implications of rebuilding in the Camp Fire’s footprint.

Episode 5: The lessons learned

In the penultimate episode of the Chico Enterprise-Record's five-part series on toxic wildfire smoke and its effect on people’s health, host Robin Epley discusses who is studying what the Camp Fire left behind; and what that information means for the future of public health.Follow along at chicoer.com/inhaled for all of our stories.Music by Broke For Free, LJ Kruzer and Chris Zabrinski, courtesy of the Free Music Archive. Our thanks to North State Public Radio for production assistance.

Episode 4: "A new phenomena"

In the third installment of the Chico Enterprise-Record's five-part series on toxic wildfire smoke and its effect on people’s health, host Robin Epley examines the long-term — and often fatal — health effects that wildfire smoke causes, and why no one knows exactly what was in the air that fateful day.Follow along at chicoer.com/inhaled for all of our stories.Music by Broke For Free and Chris Zabrinski, courtesy of the Free Music Archive. Our thanks to North State Public Radio for production assistance.

Episode 3: "We're not sure yet"

In the second installment of the Chico Enterprise-Record's five-part series on toxic wildfire smoke and its effect on people’s health, host Robin Epley looks at where the smoke plume from the Camp Fire traveled and the medical advice given to the public during that time.Follow along at chicoer.com/inhaled for all of our stories.Music by Broke For Free and Chris Zabrinski, courtesy of the Free Music Archive. Our thanks to North State Public Radio for production assistance.

Episode 2: "And then the fire happened"

In the first episode of "Inhaled" from Chico Enterprise-Record reporter Robin Epley, we hear from an atmospheric scientist who tried to get into Paradise during the Camp Fire, and we look to the past to learn about the future.Follow our 5-part series at www.chicoer.com/inhaled starting June 30. Music by Broke For Free and Chris Zabrinski, courtesy of the Free Music Archive. Archival audio from the 1967 film, "Beware the Wind," produced by George Washington University. Our thanks to North State Public Radio for production assistance.

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