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Brian Moench: Seven deadly misperceptions about our air quality

The Bible teaches that if we want to go to heaven we must avoid seven deadly sins — pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath and country western music. If the Bible were written today by someone in Salt Lake City, it might teach that if we don’t want to go to heaven prematurely, we should avoid seven deadly misconceptions about our air pollution.

This is an official government curveball. Thousands of medical studies have clearly identified those "sensitive groups" as everyone who breathes. Yes, some people are more sensitive than others, but air pollution is “unhealthy” for everyone, including all our legislators.