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Air Quality Alert Issued for Tuesday
Published: July 17, 2023 at
04:00 p.m.
By: Air Quality Alert
Air Quality Alert
NYZ003>008-013-014-021-180400-
Monroe-Wayne-Northern
Cayuga-Oswego-Jefferson-Lewis-Livingston-
Ontario-Allegany-
Including the
cities of Rochester, Newark, Fair Haven, Oswego, Watertown, Lowville,
Geneseo, Canandaigua, and Wellsville
314 PM EDT Mon
Jul 17 2023
...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TUESDAY NIGHT...
The New York
State Department of Environmental Conservation at Albany has issued an Air
Quality Health Advisory for Fine Particulates until midnight EDT Tuesday
night.
Air quality
levels in outdoor air are predicted to be greater than an Air Quality Index
value of 151 for Fine Particulates. The Air Quality Index...or AQI...was
created as an easy way to correlate levels of different pollutants to one
scale. The higher the AQI value...the greater the health concern.
When pollution
levels are elevated...the New York State Department of Health recommends
that individuals consider limiting strenuous outdoor physical activity to
reduce the risk of adverse health effects. People who may be especially
sensitive to the effects of elevated levels of pollutants include the very
young and those with pre-existing respiratory problems such as asthma or
heart disease. Those with symptoms should consider consulting their
personal physician.
For additional
information, please visit the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation website at,
https://on.ny.gov/nyaqi , or call
the Air Quality Hotline at 1 800 535-1345.
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