Voices: I didn’t have asthma until I moved to Utah. Weakening air quality standards might force me to leave.
President Donald Trump’s EPA has set its sights on Utah, suggesting they will consider weakening our air quality standards. For me — and thousands of others — that could be deadly, and it could force us to leave the state and community we love.
I was born and raised in Rochester, New York, a city with some of the highest asthma rates in the country. I didn’t have asthma when I lived there, though. About a year and a half after moving to Salt Lake City, I rushed myself to urgent care. I had my head out of the window because I was afraid of what might happen if I waited for my windshield to defrost. I was short of breath and terrified.
“Do you have asthma?” they asked, as I rushed in gasping for air.
“No.”
Four urgent care visits and countless inhalers later, it turns out I do. Winter inversions, dusty or smoky summer days leave no doubt: I definitely have asthma now.
“Four years after moving here, I can hardly utilize the mountains I love,” writes Brandi O’Brien in an op-ed. | Source: The Salt Lake Tribune
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