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Air Quality Health Advisory in Effect for Tuesday,
August 5th
Published: August 05, 2025
at 12:00 a.m.
By: Air Quality Health Advisory from NYS DEC
...AIR QUALITY
ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...
The New York
State Department of Environmental Conservation at
Albany has issued
an Air Quality Health Advisory for Fine
Particulates
until midnight EDT tonight.
Air quality
levels in outdoor air are predicted to be greater than
an Air Quality
Index value of over 100 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 5 3 5, 1 3
4 5.
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