A new side-effect of wildfires is discovered: dementia

Scientists find that tiny particles thrown off by the blazes can enter the brain.

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Smoke from Canadian wildfires shrouds New York in June. Above, 42nd St. at Grand Central Terminal. Photo: MTA.

Much of the northern United States has now experienced it — foul-smelling, yellowish air thrown off by …