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Air quality is often treated as background noise\u2014important in theory, easy to ignore in practice\u2014until a day like this forces it into focus. In cities from El Paso to Lubbock and across parts of New Mexico, more than a million people suddenly found themselves breathing air loaded with fine particulate matter small enough to slip deep into their lungs.<\/p>\n

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For older adults, children, and anyone with asthma or heart conditions, a routine day outdoors quietly became a genuine health risk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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