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    • 2019 JAMA Air Pollution Study
    • 2019 Report on Air Pollution and Health Research
    • 2018 Report on Air Pollution and Health Research
    • Research and References
    • The Cardiovascular System
    • The Brain
      • Environmental Contamination and Autism: Special Report from UPHE
    • Pollution and the Lungs
    • Air Pollution and Birth Outcomes
    • Chromosomal Function/Fetal Development/Fertility
    • Metabolic and Kidney Disorders
    • Air Pollution and Cancer
    • Air Pollution and Miscellaneous Health Consequences
  • Priority Issues
    • Priority Issues
    • PFAS (Forever Chemicals)
    • Great Salt Lake
    • Inland Port
    • Protect Parley’s Canyon
    • No Gondola in Little Cottonwood Canyon
    • Pesticides
    • Air Purifiers in Schools
    • Utah Lake
    • Uinta Basin Railway
    • Wood Burning
      • Report on the Health Consequences of Wood Smoke, 2015
    • UPHE Sues Diesel Brothers
    • Geneva Rock Point of the Mountain
    • PurpleAir’s Citizen Air Monitors
    • New Proposed Air Quality Rules
    • Official Comments for Government Agencies
      • $2.4 billion in tax-exempt bonds for Uinta Basin Railway
      • Joint Comments on the “Fix our Forests” Act
      • Comments on Granite Construction’s proposal for a concrete manufacturing facility
      • Comments on Granite Construction’s application for stream alteration in Parley’s Canyon
      • UPHE and Residents of Tooele County Appeal the Approval of a New Rail Line in Tooele
      • Utah Asks for 179B Exemption from Clean Air Act
      • Comments to the EPA on deadly paraquat use
      • Letter calling for a full audit of the Inland Port
      • Letter to the EPA on prescribed burns
      • Comments to the DAQ on Parley’s Canyon
      • UPHE on the EPA’s National Ambient Air Quality Standards
      • Comments to UDOT on the taxpayer backed bond request from Uinta Basin Railway
      • Comments to UDOT on the proposed I-15 expansion
      • UPHE testifies before the EPA on the need to protect communities from chemical accidents
      • Comments to DOGM on Point of the Mountain expansion
      • Letter to the Surface Transportation Board on the Tooele Railway
      • Comments to The Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining on Parley’s Canyon
      • Comments to Salt Lake Planning Commission on ordinance change to block Parley’s mine
      • Comments on HB 58-Surgical Smoke Evacuation System Requirements
      • Comments to Utah Department of Environmental Quality on SLCMAD permit
      • Objection To Ashley National Forest Grant Of Special Use Permit To The Uinta Basin Railway Project
      • Letter of opposition to proposed Parley’s Canyon mine to Government Officials
      • UDAQ Appears to Adopt Modeling Results From Utah Mining and Utah Petroleum Associations
      • UDAQ Not Fulfilling Its Mandate to Protect Public Health
      • Comments of Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Uintah Basin Railway Project
      • Comments On Proposed Designation Of Salt Lake City and Provo as “Attainment” for the 24 HR PM2.5 Standard
      • Comments on proposed designation of Salt Lake City and Provo as “attainment” for the 24 hr PM2.5 standard (2)
      • UPHE 2016 comments to EPA on Regional Haze SIP
      • UPHE Testimony to BLM on Federal Coal Leasing Reform
      • Comments to DAQ on Regional Haze SIP proposal
    • Other Issues
      • Climate Change
      • UPHE Response to UDOH’s Updated Stericycle Report
      • Preserving Wasatch Mountains
      • Refinery Expansion
      • Rio Tinto – Kennecott
      • State Board of Education’s Curriculum on the Climate Crisis
      • Stericycle
  • Programs
    • Programs
    • Education, Outreach, and Community Organizing
    • Presentations
    • Dangers of Wood Smoke
      • Wood Burning
      • UPHE opposes the US Forest Service’s “fuels reduction” strategies
      • Doctors Against Wood Smoke
    • Past Programs
      • Free Air Purifiers for Utah Schools
      • Burn Smart
      • Lead Safe Housing Program
      • Unmask My City
  • Take Action
    • Take Action
    • Donate
    • Become a Member
    • Sign up for Newsletter
    • Sign-On Letter for the Medical Community
    • Take Action Against Industrialization on Weber County Wetlands
    • Petition to Protect Great Salt Lake
    • Medical Community Sign On Letter to Protect Great Salt Lake
    • Protect Parley’s Canyon – Sign the petition, send a letter to Gov. Cox & Granite Construction
    • No Gondola in Little Cottonwood Canyon – Sign our petition and send a letter
    • Another reason to support clean air – send a message to your legislators
    • Sign Our Petition to Repeal the Port
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Press Releases

  • Supreme Court Limits Scope of Nation’s Bedrock Environmental Law

    June 1, 2025Press Releases, UPHE in the News

  • Judge Rejects Effort by Utah Officials to Derail Great Salt Lake Lawsuit Utah sought to dismiss lawsuit over its failure to protect the Great Salt Lake

    March 31, 2025Press Releases, UPHE in the News

  • Utah House passes HB355: Gift to gravel pit operators, threat to public health and quality of life

    February 26, 2025Press Releases, Recent News

  • Environmental groups ask the legislature to pay attention to their own report.

    January 23, 2025Press Releases

  • Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Utah Oil Train in Case Challenging Scope of Nation’s Landmark Environmental Law

    December 10, 2024Press Releases, UPHE in the News

  • Environmental, Public Health Groups Outline Utah Oil Train’s Upcoming Supreme Court Case

    December 2, 2024Press Releases, UPHE in the News

  • Environmental and Public Health Groups File Brief Opposing Utah Oil Train’s U.S. Supreme Court Appeal

    October 28, 2024Press Releases

  • State Must Take Action Against “the Greatest Chemical Threat of the 21st Century.” 

    October 15, 2024Press Releases

  • Community protests state authorized sale of tax-exempt junk bonds to fund industrial development in wetlands next to Great Salt Lake

    September 25, 2024Press Releases

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