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Utah taking public comment on clean-air plans

Utah regulators called Monday for stricter controls on industrial emissions to reduce sooty pollution that typically settles in the heavily populated Wasatch Front for weeks in bowl-shaped valleys that trap smog. Regulators opened a month-long public comment period Monday on … Continue reading

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Idaho wildfires blamed for smokey conditions in the Top of Utah

Three fires burning several thousand acres in central Utah are pumping a lot of smoke into the air, but fires in Idaho are making the mountains in Top of Utah disappear. Mount Ogden was invisible from Business Depot Ogden by … Continue reading

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Asthma is on the rise in some Top of Utah communities

Asthma is on the rise in Utah and it’s affecting some areas of the state more than others. The Utah Department of Health released The Asthma in Utah Burden Report 2012 this week. It shows that the number of people … Continue reading

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Utah asthma action plan: Avoid pollution

Amid reports that more Utahns are wheezing and hacking from asthma, and new efforts to counter its curse, there’s an elephant in the air that seems to get little attention: reducing the sickening haze. Summertime ozone and wintertime inversions send … Continue reading

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Utah’s wildfires polluting the air

If your eyes are watering and there’s an in itch in your throat, you can probably thank the smoke sitting in the valley. The pollution in the air isn’t just annoying, it is potentially dangerous. Steve Packham, the Toxicologist with … Continue reading

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