AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THURSDAY TO 11 PM

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924 PM EDT WED SEP 1 2010



...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THURSDAY TO 11 PM

THURSDAY...



THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION HAS ISSUED

AN AIR QUALITY HEALTH ADVISORY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



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AIR QUALITY LEVELS IN OUTDOOR AIR ARE PREDICTED TO BE GREATER THAN

AN AIR QUALITY INDEX VALUE OF 100 FOR THE POLLUTANT OF OZONE. 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.



A TOLL FREE AIR QUALITY HOTLINE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED SO NEW YORK RESIDENTS

CAN STAY INFORMED ON THE AIR QUALITY SITUATION.



THE TOLL FREE NUMBER IS: 1 800 5 3 5, 1 3 4 5.