California wildfires bringing health dangers

The wildfires exploding through the southern California area not only look dangerous, but are dangerous to the health of all those that are coming into contact with the smoke and environmental pollutants in the air.

Substances like carbon dioxide, water vapor, carbon monoxide and particulate matter are all contained in the smoke billowing from many wildfires. And, with these byproducts in the air around millions of people, it's hard to imagine many not being affected insofar as respiratory health.

The bad thing here is that officials are saying most masks won't help the situation since the particulate matter passes through standard mask filters.