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Is the Air Quality Index enough? What the AQI can — and can't — tell you about how healthy the atmosphere is.
Here is the Air Quality Index chart from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Lung-Wen Antony Chen, an associate professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at ...
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What the Air Quality Index Means for Your Health—and How to Stay Safe
When the AQI creeps toward 100 (orange on the AQI chart) and up, you might notice respiratory symptoms like wheezing, shortness of breath, and coughing, he adds. Dr. Wold also stresses that ...
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Can You Exercise Outside in Wildfire Smoke? How to Tell if the Air is Safe
AQI charts can be confusing to navigate, since the tiers are wide and the particles can impact different people in different ways, according to Christine Wiedinmyer, PhD, the associate director ...
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What the Air Quality Index doesn’t tell us about the air
When news breaks, you need to understand what matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our own.
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Is the Air Quality Index enough? What the AQI can — and can't — tell you about how healthy the atmosphere is.
The AQI is measured on a scale from 0 to 500, with the lower the number, the healthier the air. (Getty Creative) ...
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Is the Air Quality Index enough? What the AQI can — and can't — tell you about how healthy the atmosphere is.
The Air Quality Index (AQI) — which measures the concentration of pollutants in the air — seemed to confirm all was well in the L.A. atmosphere, with low numbers that suggested clean, healthy air. But ...