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Canadian smoke is back over Iowa again

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September 6th, 2023 by Jim Field

The wildfire smoke from Canada is back over Iowa once again. Brian Hutchins at the D-N-R Air Quality Bureau says the hazy conditions a visible in parts of the state.

Hutchins says there’s enough concentration of the smoke that it is impacting air quality.

He says you should take note of you tolerance and make adjustments to how much time you will be outside.

He says the haze will be visible at least through today (Wednesday).

You can check current conditions in Iowa at the E-P-A website called Air Now.