* AIR QUALITY ALERT FOR THE FOLLWING AREAS AND SURROUNDING IN MISSOURI.. for today, saturday 7/26 LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...KANSAS CITY MO...INDEPENDENCE. THE MID-AMERICA REGIONAL COUNCIL HAS ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY ALERT...IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY JULY 26. OUTDOOR AIR QUALITY INDEX...OR AQI...VALUES IN EXCESS OF 100 ARE EXPECTED WITH OZONE BEING THE PRIMARY POLLUTANT. PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES ARE URGED TO AVOID ACTIVITIES WHICH LEAD TO OZONE FORMATION. THESE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE REFUELING VEHICLES OR TOPPING OFF WHEN REFUELING IDLING VEHICLES UNNECESSARILY AND USING GASOLINE POWERED LAWN EQUIPMENT. POSITIVE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE CARPOOLING BIKING TO WORK DELAYING OR COMBINING ERRANDS AND USING WATER-BASED PAINTS AND CLEANERS. WHEN POLLUTION LEVELS ARE ELEVATED...THE MID-AMERICA REGIONAL COUNCIL 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.
Posted on: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 18:51:28 +0000
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