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The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality says Oregon recorded the worst air quality ever in 2020.
The fine particulate matter, which is the stuff that gets deep into your lungs and causes coughing and wheezing and worse, was higher than any other time since the DEQ started monitoring the air in 1985.
Before 2020, Portland had never experienced air quality measuring higher than unhealthy. But in 2020, there were three very unhealthy days and five hazardous days.
And what is usually the hottest and smokiest time of the year is yet to come late August into early September.
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