Short-term heat stress and air pollution linked to increased suicide risk
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Analysis of 7,500 suicides in Utah finds suicide risk increases by 50% on hot days with bad air quality.
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Industrial pollution’s imprint lasts generations
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According to new analysis using Utah Population Database, a woman’s prenatal exposures can increase risk of intellectual disabilities in daughter’s children.
Read MoreWildfire smoke exacerbates ozone pollution
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U research modeled smoke produced in epic 2020 wildfire season to demonstrate how it drives ozone formation, further degrading air quality.
Read MoreWhose air quality are we monitoring?
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U.S. EPA air quality monitors are disproportionally located in predominately white neighborhoods, leaving marginalized communities at risk of pollution exposure.
Read MoreDaniel Mendoza: Turning science into action
The U atmospheric sciences researcher marshals the data to help improve life for those in Salt Lake’s underserved communities.
Read MoreUnraveling Utah’s summer ozone puzzle
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U scientists’ air quality data to support deep probe into a growing air pollution problem in Salt Lake Valley.
Read MoreProtecting kids from Utah’s worsening dust pollution
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With federal funding, professor Kerry Kelly will deploy PM10 monitors at 50 schools to produce highly localized forecasts.
Read MoreHeat, air pollution and your health
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Everyone is vulnerable to complications during times of high pollution, ozone and wildfire smoke.
Read MoreTaking greenhouse gas analysis on the road, er, rails
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One train-mounted air quality sensor can cover the same area as 30 stationary sensors.
Read MoreSchool absences correlate to impaired air quality
Even mildly elevated air pollution is associated with increase in absences in Salt Lake City.
Read MoreUtah’s spring air quality better than usual during pandemic
Air quality along the Wasatch Front in March is usually good, but the reduction in emissions from COVID-19 stay-at-home measures have made air quality even better than usual.
Read MoreTRAX air quality study expands
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A U air monitoring project, expanded to TRAX’s Blue Line, shows how smoke from last year’s fireworks drifted through the valley.
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