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SALT LAKE CITY — Little by little Utah's counties are seeing their air quality decline and their asthma rates increase. A litany of health problems have been linked to poor air quality, and the Wasatch Front is among the worst of the worst.
Utah has been an important test case in determining the awful effects of poor air quality and research from Brigham Young University which studied Utah's air was key in developing national pollution standards in the US. But Utah's air isn't getting any better.
Asthma is not the only problem. Pollution has been linked to cognitive decline and depression. Some physicians even estimate that Utah's air kills 2,000 people every year and takes two years off of your life.
Check out Deseret News reporter Amy Joi O'Donoghue's in-depth coverage of the problem and what's being done to stop the decline in our air quality.
If you'd like to find out more about air pollution regulations and how you can let your leaders know what you think, click here.
For a look at whether Utah's politicians have the will to get the job done, click here.
