A combination of common sense steps and products that both detect and clean the air can offer help

When it comes to air quality, it’s not uncommon to hear weather reports about faraway cities where the air isn’t safe to breathe.

Air spiked with such a heavy concentration of smoke particles can contribute to a range of respiratory illnesses, and children, older adults and those with pre-existing conditions such as asthma are particular vulnerable.

And as surreal as it sounds, this summer as a result of wildfires in Northern Ontario, Toronto has joined that unenviable list of cities.

According to Swiss company IQAir at one point in early August, Toronto had the fourth worst air in the world, with PM 2.5 concentrations 6.8 times more than what the World Health Organization deems to be saf

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