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Report

Publisher

Utah State University

Publication Date

8-2025

First Page

1

Last Page

5

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Abstract

Over the past 25 years, Utah’s Wasatch Front, a metropolitan region along the Western flanks of the Wasatch Mountain Range that includes Salt Lake City, has emerged as a new international immigrant gateway (1). While in Utah, immigrants may find economic opportunity and safety relative to their home countries, they may also experience notable life-altering disparities, including disproportionate exposure to the region’s worsening air pollution. As some of the first and few institutions interacting with newly arrived immigrants and refugees, non-governmental community organizations are well positioned to serve as information hubs regarding regional air pollution risk. Yet our research, in which we interviewed staff from 16 immigrant-facing community organizations along the Wasatch Front, reveals that despite clear awareness regarding air quality disparities, a series of barriers inhibit most organizations’ ability to address the disproportionate risk of exposure among the populations they serve. We detail our findings below, as well as possible pathways forward.

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Funded by USU Center for Intersectional Gender Studies & Research

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