Maricopa County launches Bring Back Blue

The brown cloud that hangs over Phoenix on many winter days is made up of several pollutants, including particulate matter. In the Phoenix area, Maricopa County Air Quality Department works to protect us from particulate pollution.

On Tuesday, January 16, Maricopa County launched Bring Back Blue, the official air quality public awareness campaign. The campaign uses TV, radio, and print ads, as well as a website and this monthly email newsletter, to communicate the need for and benefits of cleaning up our air.

Ready to do your part to Bring Back Blue? Check out the next article for our first monthly tip.

Where there's smoke there's pollution

Wood burning, both indoors and out, adds to our particulate pollution problem. Not one but two of the Dirty Dozen tips ask you to reduce or eliminate your wood burning:

1. Reduce fireplace and woodstove use, and don’t use your wood-burning fireplace or stove on no-burn days. (That's really two tips in one!)
2. Consider using gas instead of wood.

For other easy things you can do to Bring Back Blue, check out the Dirty Dozen on the BringBackBlue.org website.

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