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Ozone Exceeds Levels 28 Times Over Summer

The beginning of fall usually means the end of the valley’s ozone problem.  And this year was a doozy. The metro Phoenix area exceeded federal ozone standards on 23-days.  That’s more than twice the average of the past three years.  As KJZZ’s Paul Atkinson reports from Phoenix, it’s a problem many of us largely ignore.