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Air Quality Alert issued June 14 at 3:45PM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ

The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has issued a code orange air quality alert Sunday for New Castle County. A code orange air quality alert means that air pollution concentrations within the region may become unhealthy for sensitive groups. Sensitive groups include children...people suffering from asthma... heart disease or other lung diseases...and the elderly. The effects of air pollution can be minimized by avoiding strenuous activity or exercise outdoors. For more information on ground-level ozone and fine particles...visit http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov
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Air Quality Alert issued June 14 at 11:38AM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ

The Delaware Department of Environmental Protection has issued a Code Red Air Quality Action Day for Fine Particulates, until midnight EDT tonight. An Air Quality Action Day means that air quality within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy standards. For more information on current and forecast concentrations of ground-level ozone and fine particulates, visit www.airnow.gov
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Air Quality Alert issued June 14 at 10:18AM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ

The Delaware Department of Environmental Protection has issued a Code Red Air Quality Action Day for Fine Particulates, until midnight EDT tonight. An Air Quality Action Day means that air quality within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy standards. For more information on current and forecast concentrations of ground-level ozone and fine particulates, visit www.airnow.gov
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Air Quality Alert issued June 12 at 11:36PM EDT by NWS Upton NY

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has issued an Air Quality Health Advisory for the following counties: New York, Bronx, Kings, Queens, Richmond, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam until midnight EDT tonight. Air quality levels in outdoor air are predicted to be greater than an Air Quality Index value of 100 for the pollutant of Ground Level Ozone and Fine Particulates. The Air Quality Index, or AQI, was created as an easy way to correlate levels of different pollutants to one scale. The higher the AQI value, the greater the health concern. When pollution levels are elevated
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Air Quality Alert issued June 12 at 5:34PM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC

Maryland Department of the Environment has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for Ground Level Ozone for the Suburban DC region until midnight. An Air Quality Action Day means that Ground Level Ozone concentrations within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy standards. For additional information, please visit the Maryland Department of the Environment at:www.mde.maryland.gov/programs/air/AirQualityMonitoring/Pages/ index.aspx
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Air Quality Alert issued June 12 at 10:01PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH

The Southwest Ohio Air Quality Agency has issued an Air Quality Advisory for Butler, Clermont, Hamilton and Warren counties in Ohio; Boone, Campbell and Kenton counties in Kentucky; and Dearborn County in Indiana, until midnight EDT tonight. Levels of ozone within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy standards. On Alert days, help reduce ozone by taking the following actions: * Carpool, if possible, bike, walk or take the bus instead of driving alone. * Refuel your vehicle after 8 pm. * Do not idle your vehicle, exhaust contributes to air pollution. * Mow your lawn in the evening hours
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Air Quality Alert issued June 12 at 3:42AM EDT by NWS Indianapolis IN

The officials at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management have declared an Air Quality Action Day, IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. An Air Quality Action Day for Ozone has been issued. Ozone levels are expected to be in the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups range. Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma should limit prolonged outdoor exposure. Here are some recommended actions that the public can take: * Walk, bike, carpool or use public transportation. * Avoid using the drive-through and combine errands into one trip. * Avoid refueling your vehicle or using gasoline-powered lawn