Wildfires burning across the West have sent plumes of smoke into the air that are spreading hundreds of miles away.
It’s so bad in places like Eastern Washington that some air quality experts are saying the region hasn’t been this hazy and unhealthy since Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980.
Lisa Woodard of Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency discusses the air quality with Here & Now’s Robin Young.
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- Lisa Woodard, public information officer at Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency.
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