Nine months after wildfires ravaged the town of Lahaina in Maui, researchers are looking into the health impacts the most deadly wildfire in US history had on thousands of people who are living in the burn zones. 

The Maui Wildfire Exposure Study, conducted by University of Hawaii researchers and grass-roots organizations surveyed more than 600 people in west Maui and found an alarming number of residents say their health is compromised due to the exposure of toxic contaminants. 

For more details, KCBS Radio's Bret Burkhart and Patti Reising were joined by Alika Maunakea, Professor at the University of Hawaii and is the lead investigator of this study. 

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