Utah’s ozone pollution has already exceeded environmental standards three times — and summer is still weeks away

Over the past month, Utah has already seen three days where the ozone concentration exceeded federal standards — a shockingly early start to a pollution problem that typically doesn’t hit its peak until July or August. “I would predict that we are in for a bad ozone summer,” said Bo Call, a monitoring manager for the Utah Division of Air Quality. The airborne pollutant, which can burn sensitive lung tissues when inhaled and is particularly harmful to children, builds up i