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Health organizations advise Utah County on how to stay healthy during smoky days
Provo residents faced several challenging air quality days beginning Sept. 11, with smoke becoming a concern for residents in Utah County.
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Winter inversions lower air quality below EPA standards
When people think of winter time, snow, skiing and Santa often come to mind. In Utah, another winter phenomenon has residents less enthralled: inversions.
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Air pollution introduced as a cause of death, pending adoption of H.B. 109
Utah environmental organizations are teaming up with state legislators to allow medical professionals to list air pollution as a formal cause of death on a death certificate.
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California and Utah fires still affecting Utah County air quality
Raging fires from the California coast to southern Utah County have created an atmosphere of dismal, hazy fog hovering in the valley during the last few months.
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Vineyard taking shape as 'an urban city' built on former steel mill site
In 2000 there were less than 150 people living in Vineyard, which for decades was primarily a farming community that hosted one of the nation's largest steel mills.
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Advisory issued for Utah Lake because of algal bloom
An advisory issued by the Utah Department of Environmental Quality on Monday, Sept. 9, advised Utah Lake visitors to stay out of the water until the end of September.
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Utah Lake Commission works on solving algal blooms, attracting more visitors
The first reports of the toxic blooms this year have been confirmed at Pelican Bay in Saratoga Springs. The Utah Lake Commission is doing everything they can to keep them from spreading. (Nikki Wilson)
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Breathing this winter could get dirty
The Oquirrh Mountains are portrayed here as an inversion blankets the Salt Lake Valley. (Associated Press)
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