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  • Air Quality: a public health problem

Air Quality: a public health problem News

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Smoky air in downtown Portland, Sept. 15, 2020

Clients can always access clinical services, even during hazardous air warnings and COVID-19

The key message: don’t postpone urgent or preventive care. Now more than ever it is important to stay in contact with your healthcare provider.

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Red Cross closes Oregon Convention Center shelter for evacuees, moves to motel

Red Cross Shelter for evacuees closes Wednesday night, moves to motels. The Joint Office of Homeless Services keeps emergency shelters for wildfire smoke open

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Smoky air in downtown Portland, Sept. 15, 2020

Wildfire pollution obliterates Portland bad air records, and the smoke hasn’t cleared yet

Multnomah County should expect poor air quality to persist, even as conditions slowly improve

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Smoke-filled skies above the Willamette river, September 2020

Block dangerous air from your home with a roll of weatherization tape

Filters and purifiers are best. But even without those, still seal your home to keep out the most dangerous air

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Haze fills the Columbia Gorge Sept. 9 as smoke moves toward Multnomah County.

No evacuation in Multnomah County — here’s why (September, 2020)

Clackamas Fire and Portland Fire & Rescue confirm the fires in Clackamas County are not moving in a way that would shift any part of Multnomah County to an evacuation level.

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Smoke over the Willamette River, Sept. 11, 2020

Hazardous air is causing a jump in emergency department visits in Multnomah County

Current air quality is worst in known history and harmful even to healthy people; increase in asthma attacks and increased risk of heart attack and stroke

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Safe Air Oregon

Safer Air OREGON

Get information about toxic metals emissions and what’s being done to protect the public's health on saferair.oregon.gov.

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Air Toxics Q & A

Air Toxics: Questions and Answers

Air Toxics: Questions and Answers updated April 22, 2016

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 Environmental Exposures

Stress and Worry: A normal response to potential environmental exposures

It is normal to experience stress and worry if you believe you or your family may have been exposed to environmental contamination.

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