Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment
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Fireworks don’t disappear — they linger in our lungs.
This graph shows PM2.5 levels from a University of Utah sensor during New Year’s celebrations. During stagnant winter inversion conditions, fireworks helped push pollution into the unhealthy range —
This graph shows PM2.5 levels from a University of Utah sensor during New Year’s celebrations. During stagnant winter inversion conditions, fireworks helped push pollution into the unhealthy range —
January 7, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Fireworks don’t disappear — they linger in our lungs.
This graph shows PM2.5 levels from a University of Utah sensor during New Year’s celebrations. During stagnant winter inversion conditions, fireworks helped push pollution into the unhealthy range —
This graph shows PM2.5 levels from a University of Utah sensor during New Year’s celebrations. During stagnant winter inversion conditions, fireworks helped push pollution into the unhealthy range —
We at UPHE can’t thank you enough for your continued support.
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
December 31, 2025 at 7:28 PM
We at UPHE can’t thank you enough for your continued support.
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
So much of our focus in 2025 seems to have been on the day-to-day challenges facing our community. But when I take a step back, I realize just how much—thanks to supporters like you—UPHE has grown and grown stronger.
We have accomplished so much in the past 18 years, but we have much more to do.
We have accomplished so much in the past 18 years, but we have much more to do.
December 31, 2025 at 7:28 PM
So much of our focus in 2025 seems to have been on the day-to-day challenges facing our community. But when I take a step back, I realize just how much—thanks to supporters like you—UPHE has grown and grown stronger.
We have accomplished so much in the past 18 years, but we have much more to do.
We have accomplished so much in the past 18 years, but we have much more to do.
New Year’s fireworks might feel like a tradition — but during an inversion, they’re a problem.
In northern Utah, winter air often gets trapped under temperature inversions. Cold air settles in, warmer air sits on top, and everything we emit — exhaust, smoke, pollution — has nowhere to go.
In northern Utah, winter air often gets trapped under temperature inversions. Cold air settles in, warmer air sits on top, and everything we emit — exhaust, smoke, pollution — has nowhere to go.
December 31, 2025 at 12:17 AM
New Year’s fireworks might feel like a tradition — but during an inversion, they’re a problem.
In northern Utah, winter air often gets trapped under temperature inversions. Cold air settles in, warmer air sits on top, and everything we emit — exhaust, smoke, pollution — has nowhere to go.
In northern Utah, winter air often gets trapped under temperature inversions. Cold air settles in, warmer air sits on top, and everything we emit — exhaust, smoke, pollution — has nowhere to go.
This is why we do this work. Protecting air and public health doesn’t happen by accident—it happens because people step up.
Through the end of the year, your donation is matched by our board, doubling your impact as we challenge dangerous projects and hold polluters accountable.
Through the end of the year, your donation is matched by our board, doubling your impact as we challenge dangerous projects and hold polluters accountable.
December 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
This is why we do this work. Protecting air and public health doesn’t happen by accident—it happens because people step up.
Through the end of the year, your donation is matched by our board, doubling your impact as we challenge dangerous projects and hold polluters accountable.
Through the end of the year, your donation is matched by our board, doubling your impact as we challenge dangerous projects and hold polluters accountable.
Granite Construction has changed their plans to bull doze Parley’s Canyon. They have abandoned their last application to the Division of Air Quality, in large part because we pointed out all the flaws in it.
December 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Granite Construction has changed their plans to bull doze Parley’s Canyon. They have abandoned their last application to the Division of Air Quality, in large part because we pointed out all the flaws in it.
As a small token of our appreciation, monthly gifts of $10 or more, or donations of $100 or more, include a UPHE branded Klean Kanteen hot/cold tumbler mug, or our president Dr. Brian Moench’s latest book, The Great Brain Robbery: Why Women Have Become Smarter Than Men.
December 20, 2025 at 2:01 AM
As a small token of our appreciation, monthly gifts of $10 or more, or donations of $100 or more, include a UPHE branded Klean Kanteen hot/cold tumbler mug, or our president Dr. Brian Moench’s latest book, The Great Brain Robbery: Why Women Have Become Smarter Than Men.
And communities living closest to highways, industrial sites, and dust hotspots who shoulder the heaviest burden day after day.
That’s why this year, I’m asking you to consider a different kind of holiday gift, one that has the power to protect the people you love most.
That’s why this year, I’m asking you to consider a different kind of holiday gift, one that has the power to protect the people you love most.
December 20, 2025 at 2:01 AM
And communities living closest to highways, industrial sites, and dust hotspots who shoulder the heaviest burden day after day.
That’s why this year, I’m asking you to consider a different kind of holiday gift, one that has the power to protect the people you love most.
That’s why this year, I’m asking you to consider a different kind of holiday gift, one that has the power to protect the people you love most.
Our general environment (air, water, soil, and food) is badly contaminated by plastic nanoparticles. That has led to studies that have found those particles are also contaminating our bodies including our critical organs.
December 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Our general environment (air, water, soil, and food) is badly contaminated by plastic nanoparticles. That has led to studies that have found those particles are also contaminating our bodies including our critical organs.
UPHE physicians reviewed more than 500 studies to assess the true scale of the threat. The conclusion: waiting for perfect data is not a responsible option.
Find our full report, more from Dr. Moench’s op-ed, Downwind report, and more news coverage here.
www.uphe.org/2025/12/02/t...
Find our full report, more from Dr. Moench’s op-ed, Downwind report, and more news coverage here.
www.uphe.org/2025/12/02/t...
December 4, 2025 at 1:56 AM
UPHE physicians reviewed more than 500 studies to assess the true scale of the threat. The conclusion: waiting for perfect data is not a responsible option.
Find our full report, more from Dr. Moench’s op-ed, Downwind report, and more news coverage here.
www.uphe.org/2025/12/02/t...
Find our full report, more from Dr. Moench’s op-ed, Downwind report, and more news coverage here.
www.uphe.org/2025/12/02/t...
800 square miles of the Great Salt Lake lakebed are exposed, and fine particulate dust is already being carried into nearby communities. Existing monitors don’t reliably detect the smallest particles — but medical research shows they pose serious health risks.
December 4, 2025 at 1:56 AM
800 square miles of the Great Salt Lake lakebed are exposed, and fine particulate dust is already being carried into nearby communities. Existing monitors don’t reliably detect the smallest particles — but medical research shows they pose serious health risks.
UPHE's President & Co-founder Dr. Brian Moench had a powerful piece in the Salt Lake Tribune about the risks posed by the shrinking Great Salt Lake - and what happens if we keep ignoring the warning signs.
December 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
UPHE's President & Co-founder Dr. Brian Moench had a powerful piece in the Salt Lake Tribune about the risks posed by the shrinking Great Salt Lake - and what happens if we keep ignoring the warning signs.
EPA says Utah is officially no longer violating national air pollution standards on particulate pollution. PLEASE NOTE — our pollution is still impacting your health.
November 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
EPA says Utah is officially no longer violating national air pollution standards on particulate pollution. PLEASE NOTE — our pollution is still impacting your health.
UPHE’s executive director, Jonny Vasic, had an op-ed in the Desert News, connecting his personal relationship with Great Salt Lake to UPHE’s advocacy to revive it.
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
UPHE’s executive director, Jonny Vasic, had an op-ed in the Desert News, connecting his personal relationship with Great Salt Lake to UPHE’s advocacy to revive it.
𝗨𝘁𝗮𝗵 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘁 𝗟𝗮𝗸𝗲
If you’ve hiked a trail overlooking the Salt Lake Valley, driven out to Antelope Island, or simply followed the news, you know the Great Salt Lake has been fluctuating at dangerously low levels for years.
If you’ve hiked a trail overlooking the Salt Lake Valley, driven out to Antelope Island, or simply followed the news, you know the Great Salt Lake has been fluctuating at dangerously low levels for years.
November 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
𝗨𝘁𝗮𝗵 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘁 𝗟𝗮𝗸𝗲
If you’ve hiked a trail overlooking the Salt Lake Valley, driven out to Antelope Island, or simply followed the news, you know the Great Salt Lake has been fluctuating at dangerously low levels for years.
If you’ve hiked a trail overlooking the Salt Lake Valley, driven out to Antelope Island, or simply followed the news, you know the Great Salt Lake has been fluctuating at dangerously low levels for years.
They covered a previous legislative effort to ban masks, which UPHE helped to have removed from the bill after raising awareness about how 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗨𝘁𝗮𝗵’𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆.
November 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
They covered a previous legislative effort to ban masks, which UPHE helped to have removed from the bill after raising awareness about how 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗨𝘁𝗮𝗵’𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆.
Take a moment to learn who represents you, and let them know that clean air, a healthy climate, and strong environmental protections are your priorities!
November 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Take a moment to learn who represents you, and let them know that clean air, a healthy climate, and strong environmental protections are your priorities!
𝗡𝗼𝘄, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿. Not only is the proposal on and adjacent to Great Salt Lake wetlands, the proposed location is far from services and community connections homeless people need to obtain housing.
November 6, 2025 at 1:43 AM
𝗡𝗼𝘄, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿. Not only is the proposal on and adjacent to Great Salt Lake wetlands, the proposed location is far from services and community connections homeless people need to obtain housing.
November 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Downwind, again?
Utahns still live with the fallout of America's nuclear past- why we can't allow history to repeat itself.
www.uphe.org/2025/11/04/t...
Utahns still live with the fallout of America's nuclear past- why we can't allow history to repeat itself.
www.uphe.org/2025/11/04/t...
November 5, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Downwind, again?
Utahns still live with the fallout of America's nuclear past- why we can't allow history to repeat itself.
www.uphe.org/2025/11/04/t...
Utahns still live with the fallout of America's nuclear past- why we can't allow history to repeat itself.
www.uphe.org/2025/11/04/t...
UPHE is a bipartisan organization, and we encourage everyone to vote today! Local officials play a major role in shaping the air you breathe, the water you drink, and the communities you call home. Strong environmental policies mean better public health. Your vote truly makes a difference.
November 4, 2025 at 12:21 AM
UPHE is a bipartisan organization, and we encourage everyone to vote today! Local officials play a major role in shaping the air you breathe, the water you drink, and the communities you call home. Strong environmental policies mean better public health. Your vote truly makes a difference.
Diesel Brothers update- Setting the record straight
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October 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Diesel Brothers update- Setting the record straight
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Join us for an exciting event with food, music, film, prizes and more!
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September 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Join us for an exciting event with food, music, film, prizes and more!
Free (suggested $10 donation) RSVP: www.uphe.org/docs-dust-an...
Free (suggested $10 donation) RSVP: www.uphe.org/docs-dust-an...
Be aware- much of Salt Lake is in a firework ban area! Pollution always spikes around the 4th and the 24th of July.
July 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Be aware- much of Salt Lake is in a firework ban area! Pollution always spikes around the 4th and the 24th of July.