Air quality after the fires: Understanding where and when the air is safe
Even though the Palisades and Eaton fires are now mostly contained, the Santa Ana winds have led to new fires flaring up ...
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Concerned about LA air quality? Here are 7 expert tips
during which air-quality advocates and public health experts warned attendees to consider the short- and long-term health effects of this disaster. “We now have the largest urban fire in the ...
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Why It’s So Confusing to Determine Air Quality in Los Angeles Right Now
The company uses the sensors and its own calculations to produce what it says is a real-time map of air quality. AirNow’s fire map includes data from PurpleAir sensors (represented by small ...
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Why wildfire ash’s impact on air quality doesn’t show up on AQMD’s air quality map
Despite the green map from the South Coast Air Quality Management District showing the air quality reading in Los Angeles County being “good,” people should continue taking precautions ...
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Air Quality Improves Across L.A., but Ash Remains a Threat
In Santa Monica’s waterfront Palisades Park, the air was fresh enough for people to jog. Air quality, measured on a scale from good to hazardous, was good to moderate on Monday and mostly good ...
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New Interactive Map Shows Nationwide Pollution from Gas Turbines
Moms Clean Air Force and EcoMadres today unveiled a new website and interactive map that illustrates unhealthy air pollution from the gas-fired combustion turbines at power plants and industrial ...
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Private schools driving a 47% increase in air pollution on the school run
They found that children walking to state school, while private schools were still on holiday, enjoyed considerably better air quality than they did once the private schools reopened. In fact, to ...
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Windblown dust and ash advisory extended. How wildfires are affecting LA air quality
The advisory was extended through 7 p.m. Wednesday by the South Coast Air Quality Management District. It includes most of Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties in the South Coast Air Basin ...
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LA wildfires maps show evacuations, power outages, air quality
Residents can check for the latest evacuation zones on CalFire's interactive, updated map here: here. Across Southern California, air quality has been deemed moderate by the U.S. Air Quality Index ...
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LA wildfires maps show evacuations, power outages, air quality
Residents can check for the latest evacuation zones on CalFire's interactive, updated map here: here. Across Southern California, air quality has been deemed moderate by the U.S. Air Quality Index ...
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Does a ‘good’ Air Quality Index rating mean it’s safe to be outdoors?
Rather than relying solely on the Air Quality Index, Wexler recommends checking out PurpleAir Map, which tells you where the plumes of smoke are in real time. "If the plume is where you are or ...