DEQ, Public Health Officials Urge Residents to Take Precautions from Wildfire Smoke
(WorldNews Health)

Statewide, OR-The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and public health officials throughout Central and Southern Oregon are urging residents to take precautions from wildfire smoke. On Sunday morning, air quality monitors in Sisters and Prospect showed hazardous air quality readings over the past 24 hours. Other monitors, including Cave Junction and Shady Cove, showed air quality that was unhealthy for sensitive groups, including young children, the elderly and those with asthma. A number of monitors in Southern and Central Oregon...