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The DEC has issued an air quality health advisory for most of upstate New York due to elevated levels of fine particulate ...
Topline. Here’s how to understand the Environmental Protection Agency’s Air quality index (AQI), which measures, on a 300-point scale (along with six categories and advisories), the quality ...
An Air Quality Alert has been issued for Koochiching County and the northern portion of St. Louis County, in effect until 1 ...
What doesn't AQI tell us? The Air Quality Index does not take into account many gas or particle contaminants that are produced during wildfires, particularly when houses, cars and other ...
The Air Quality Index is a scale used for daily reporting of how clean or polluted the air is, ... The higher the AQI value, the greater the level of air pollution and the greater the ...
The AQI numbers run from 0 to 500. Here’s the breakdown: 0-50: Good. The air quality poses no risk. 51-100: Moderate. The air quality is OK for most people, but a few who are especially ...
Feeling down? Here’s how air pollution could be messing with your brain and poor AQI be causing stress and depression.