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The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality released its second annual Wildfire Smoke Trends report. It’s pretty easy to sum up the findings, said Tom Roick, air quality monitoring manager for DEQ. “The number of unhealthy air quality days related to wildfires is definitely increasing across the state, particularly in the last five years,” he said. It’s not just the number of days with bad air that’s on the rise. It’s also the intensity of the smoke and its geographic reach.
For instance, from 1988 through 2014, the DEQ says Eugene/Springfield didn’t have a single day of unhealthy air quality due to wildfire smoke. Since then, there have been 28 days, with more than half of those deemed unhealthy for all residents, not just those considered to be at risk due to age or health conditions. ....
MEDFORD, Ore. We’re learning, the impacts from wildfire smoke are increasing in our area, over time. A new report from the DEQ shows how intense those impacts are to our air quality. The DEQ’s report shows a trend, unhealthy air quality days are rising across Oregon. With the rise in large wildfires, doctors say breathing in wildfire smoke could be harmful long term. Oregon’s DEQ says, in 2020 Oregonians experienced the worst air quality ever recorded in the state. While the 2020 fire season was shorter, the DEQ says it was more intense. “We might see more intense wildfires that produce higher concentrations of smokes and so they might not last as long, but the intensity of the poor air quality could be worse,” said Tom Roick with Oregon DEQ. ....