Steve Milloy

Last week, a thick blanket of wildfire smoke covered the northeast US, plunging NYC into an apocalyptic-looking orange and red haze and covering DC with a slightly less dystopian filter of dismal gray. Mainstream media did a pretty good job of covering the many dangerous health effects of breathing in smoke and smog. In response, deniers worked double time to distract and deny with disinformation. Predictably, Fox News led the charge and platformed air-pollution-denier Steve Milloy, who was once fired from Fox for failing to disclose his tobacco industry work. Amusingly, many pointed out that the man who professionally lied about the health impacts of secondhand smoke before a career change to professionally lying about the health impacts of fossil fuel smoke was probably not the best choice to provide unbiased or accurate commentary on the health impacts of wildfire smoke. As it turns out, all three sources of smoke are bad!