Health Message: Active children and adults, and people with lung disease, such as asthma, should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors.
Air Quality Alert is due to high pollutant particles in the air. Ozone forecast is in a healthy zone.
MCHENRY-LAKE IL-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-
408 AM CDT TUE AUG 20 2013
…AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO
MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT…
THE ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY HAS DETERMINED THAT
AN AIR POLLUTION ACTION DAY WILL BE DECLARED FOR TODAY…TUESDAY
AUGUST 20TH…FOR THE GREATER CHICAGO METROPOLITAN AREA.
AN AIR POLLUTION ACTION DAY IS DECLARED WHEN WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE SUCH THAT WIDESPREAD OZONE AND OR PARTICULATE LEVELS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE AT OR ABOVE THE UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS
CATEGORY OF THE AIR QUALITY INDEX. ACTIVE CHILDREN AND ADULTS AND
ESPECIALLY PEOPLE WITH PULMONARY OR RESPIRATORY DISEASE SUCH AS
ASTHMA SHOULD LIMIT PROLONGED OUTDOOR ACTIVITY.
PARTICIPANTS IN THE…PARTNERS FOR CLEAN AIR PROGRAM…ARE
REQUESTED TO INITIATE THEIR ACTIVITIES. AREA RESIDENTS ARE ALSO
URGED TO REDUCE POLLUTION LEVELS. AQI FORECASTS AND TIPS ON HOW
YOU CAN REDUCE YOUR EMISSIONS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.CLEANTHEAIR.ORG
THIS IS THE FIRST AIR POLLUTION ACTION DAY IN ILLINOIS FOR 2013.
INFORMATION AND AQI LEVELS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT
WWW.EPA.STATE.IL.US AND AT WWW.AIRNOW.GOV
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