Tag Archives: Salt Lake City

Utah sees worst air pollution since 2013

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

Utah’s pollution is at its highest levels since 2013 thanks to an inversion that is trapping murky air above Salt Lake and Utah valleys. Salt Lake City registered a red-air day on Wednesday, with the Utah Division of Air Quality … Continue reading →

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Worst Kind of Heart Attack Linked to Air Pollution, Experts Say

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

Medical experts from Intermountain Medical Center met Wednesday morning to discuss recent findings linking increased short term air pollution in the Beehive state to serious health problems. “It primarily effects the worst kind of heart attack, which is STEMI heart … Continue reading →

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Even Moderate Air Pollution Could Trigger Severe Heart Attacks: Study

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Even moderate levels of air pollution have now been linked to increased risk of heart attacks in people with heart disease. That’s according to new research presented Sunday at the American Heart Association’s annual conference. Researchers analyzed 20 years of data on 16,000 heart attacks treated at Intermountain … Continue reading →

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Stagnant Summer Days on the Rise in U.S.

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Those long, hot, sultry days of summer, the ones where the air seems so still it wouldn’t disturb a leaf, are also days where air quality can take a nosedive. With winds barely above a whisper and atmosphere-scouring rains nowhere … Continue reading →

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Water in smog may reveal pollution sources

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

The chemical signature of water vapor emitted by combustion sources such as vehicles and furnaces has been found in the smoggy winter inversions that often choke Salt Lake City. The discovery may give researchers a new tool to track down … Continue reading →

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Conservation poll shows Utahns worry about air pollution, water supplies

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Utah residents are overwhelmingly more concerned about air pollution and smog than their neighbors in five Western states and, behind Arizona and New Mexico, worry the most about inadequate water supplies. These results and others are findings from the Conservation … Continue reading →

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Bill reintroduced to give Utah Division of Air Quality more ‘flexibility’

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

A bill was reintroduced Wednesday that would give the Utah Division of Air Quality more flexibility in forming strategies to achieve standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency. HB121 was introduced during the 2014 Legislature and approved by the Senate, but … Continue reading →

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An Interactive Air-Pollution Map

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

In March, the World Health Organization estimated that air pollution was responsible for 7 million premature deaths in 2012. That’s one out of every eight total deaths in the world. Air quality has gotten worse over the last decade, and … Continue reading →