Busting Salt Lake’s Air Quality Myths
Salt Lakers tend to think of our city’s battle with air quality as recent history — but that’s not really true. In fact, this might be the cleanest our air has been in a while. Dr. Logan Mitchell, a climate scientist and analyst with Utah Clean Energy, helps host Ali Vallarta understand some of the myths around the air you can chew, where we go from here, and how to keep our lungs safe.
This episode originally aired April 10, 2023.
Resources and references:
- Check the daily air quality at air.utah.gov.
- Digital exhibit: The History of Air Quality in Utah
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