{"id":22724,"date":"2022-09-04T14:49:07","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T14:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/?p=22724"},"modified":"2025-06-15T11:42:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T18:42:04","slug":"wildfire-smoke-here-to-stay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/04\/wildfire-smoke-here-to-stay","title":{"rendered":"Wildfire smoke is here to stay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/wildfire-smoke-here-to-stay.jpg\" alt=\"wildfire smoke here to stay\" class=\"wp-image-28047\" style=\"width:1280px;height:655px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>August and September in the Pacific Northwest now come with a reliable risk of wildfire smoke cause our health \u2014 physical and mental \u2014 to suffer. But local governments are still working out how to protect people from this polluted air. 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