There's good and bad new in regards to Utah's air quality as wildfires burning in Canada, which caused smoke-filled skies in the Beehive State are set to clear out.
SALT LAKE CITY — There's good and bad new in regards to Utah's air quality as wildfires burn in Canada, which caused smoke-filled skies in the Beehive State and are set to clear out. But experts are warning of serious health hazards of whats to come this summer.
"The symptoms of the average person has from this kind of exposure are really only the surface of the issue. The real issue are the things you don’t see frequently things you don’t feel." said Dr. Brian Moench, President of Utah Physicians for Healthy Environment. The Canadian wildfires that are causing problems in Utah contain small particles that can be a big problem.
"Fireworks, in addition to being sources of particulate pollution, are also unique sources of an ever-broader array of heavy metals than wood smoke," he said.
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