Air Quality Alert issued for New York state as the wildfire smoke from Canada returns BreakingNews
Sam Chmpion has the latest on our area's air quality, which was at a moderate level of 56 around noon Wednesday.The air quality in the Tri-State will again be negatively affected by smoke from wildfires in Canada.
"If you want to know the effects of climate change, you are going to feel it tomorrow in real time," Hochul said during a briefing Tuesday. "This is not something we are talking about future generations dealing with it. We are truly the first generation dealing with the real effects of climate change and we are also the last generation to do anything meaningful about it.", showed the city entering the moderate range over 50.
The air quality will begin to degrade and may reach levels that will be unhealthy for sensitive groups. "The best thing to do is to keep an eye on the actual objective number of the air quality index," Mann said. "For above 150 of an air quality index, really everybody should stay home as much as possible. If you have to go out to do errands, that's ok, but I wouldn't do outdoor activities."
The governor is asking summer camps to limit outdoor activity for kids as the numbers rise, and for employers to limit work time outdoors for employees and provide masks.
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