October 11, 2009 in Idaho Voices

Cancer institute’s study finds unhealthy air in bars

Betsy Z. Russell The Spokesman-Review
 
Tags: idaho legislature indoor smoking Kim Barnes Larry Craig

BOISE – Air quality in smoky Idaho bars is worse than smog, according to a study by a prestigious Buffalo, N.Y., cancer institute.

The Roswell Park Cancer Institute, working with the Coalition for a Healthy Idaho, found that fine-particulate air pollution in Boise bars that permit smoking is 36 times worse than outdoor pollution levels in the valley, and workers in the bars are exposed to four times the EPA’s standard for annual exposure.

Testers actually went into 19 bars and restaurants in Boise, Meridian and Garden City in May and June, operated air quality monitors, and recorded how many …

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