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FLASHBACK 1998: Smog kills, even when the Utah Division of Air Quality says it doesn't exist.
Hovering in the sky above the Phillips 66 oil refinery in Woods Cross is an imaginary pair of tired old lungs—they're weak from a long life of breathing, and hypersensitive to smoggy air. How carefully the government should protect those lungs—the public's lungs—remains an issue where Utah and the federal government continue to disagree.
In commemoration of City Weekly's 40th anniversary, we are digging into our archives to celebrate. Each week, we FLASHBACK to a story or column from our past in honor of four decades of local alt-journalism. Whether the names and issues are familiar or new, we are grateful to have this unique newspaper to contain them all.
Title: Into Thin Air Author: David Madison Date: Mar. 19, 1998 Hovering in the sky above the Phillips 66 oil refinery in Woods Cross is an imaginary pair of tired old lungs—they're weak from a long life of breathing, and hypersensitive to smoggy air.
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