Metro Phoenix & Maricopa County > A Zero Climate Action Plan: TICKING-OFF MORE TOXIC CONTAMINATED DAYS

There are consequences impacting your Quality of Life and Public Health where there's close to no action to reduce the sources of Air Pollution.

 

 

 

 

 

There are only 'alerts' and 'warnings' for what to avoid doing, qualifiers with qualifiers like sensitive-groups may be affected.

Five major pollutants

EPA establishes an AQI for five major air pollutants regulated by the Clean Air Act. Each of these pollutants has a national air quality standard set by EPA to protect public health:

• ground-level ozone
• particle pollution (also known as particulate matter, including PM2.5 and PM10)
• carbon monoxide
• sulfur dioxide
• nitrogen dioxide

Using the Air Quality Index
Technical Assistance Document for the Reporting of Daily Air Quality – the Air Quality Index (AQI) 

 

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"High Pollution Advisory" or "HPA" means the highest concentration of pollution may exceed the federal health standard. Active children, adults and people with lung disease such as asthma should reduce prolonged or heavy outdoor exertion. Maricopa County employers enlisted in the Travel Reduction Program are asked to activate their HPA plans on high pollution advisory days.

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Day Before Yesterday:

Ozone High Pollution Advisory issued for Tuesday, July 27 is extended for Wednesday, July 28

 

Yesterday:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | High Pollution Advisory issued for ozone effective July 28, 2021, in the Phoenix area

 

Today:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | High Pollution Advisory issued for ozone effective July 29, 2021, in the Phoenix area

 

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Phoenix Forecast | Today's AQI | USG - Ozone HPA

Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) sent this bulletin at 07/28/2021 09:00 AM MST

ISSUED ON: Wednesday, July 28, 2021

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These forecasts are based on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s AQI federal health standards and are issued for the following areas: Phoenix | View Forecast >  Tucson | View Forecast > Yuma | View Forecast > Nogales | View Forecast > The AQI Forecast lets the public know expected air quality conditions and provides advice about what they can do to protect their health, especially that of children, seniors and people with respiratory problems.  ADEQ will take reasonable measures to provide access to department services to individuals with limited ability to speak, write or understand English and/or to those with disabilities. Requests for language translation, ASL interpretation, CART captioning services or disability accommodations must be made at least 48 hours in advance by contacting the Title VI Nondiscrimination Coordinator at 602-771-2215 or Communications@azdeq.gov. For a TTY or other device, Telecommunications Relay Services are available by calling 711. ADEQ tomará las medidas razonables para proveer acceso a los servicios del departamento a personas con capacidad limitada para hablar, escribir o entender inglés y/o para personas con discapacidades. Las solicitudes de servicios de traducción de idiomas, interpretación ASL (lengua de signos americano), subtitulado de CART, o adaptaciones por discapacidad deben realizarse con al menos 48 horas de anticipación comunicándose con el Coordinador de Anti-Discriminación del Título VI al 602-771-2215 o Communications@azdeq.gov. Para un TTY u otro dispositivo, los servicios de retransmisión de telecomunicaciones están disponible llamando al 711.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | High Pollution Advisory issued for ozone effective July 29, 2021, in the Phoenix area

The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) is issuing a High Pollution Advisory (HPA) for ozone effective July 29, 2021, in the Phoenix area. ADEQ recommends that people limit outdoor activity while the HPA is in effect, especially children and adults with respiratory problems. Ground-level ozone forms when two types of pollutants — volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) — react in sunlight. These pollutants come primarily from automobiles, but also from other sources, including industries, power plants and products, such as solvents and paints. Generally, the highest levels of ozone occur in the afternoon. Check the Hourly Air Quality Forecast on the Air Arizona Mobile App Apple iTunes > | Google Play > Health Impacts People most vulnerable to the impacts of air pollution include children, older adults, adults exercising outdoors, people with heart or lung disease, and those suffering from asthma and bronchitis. Exposure can increase the number and severity of asthma attacks, cause or aggravate bronchitis or other lung disease, and reduce the body’s ability to fight infection. Symptoms may include itchy eyes, nose and throat, wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath, chest pain and upper respiratory issues. Please help reduce ozone by doing one or more of the following: Drive as little as possible: carpool, use public transit or telecommute Re-fuel your vehicle in the evening Avoid waiting in long drive-thru lines, if possible Use low-VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) or water-based paints, stains, finishes and paint strippers – delay big painting projects Make sure containers of household cleaners, garage and yard chemicals, and other solvents are sealed properly to prevent vapors from evaporating into the air

BACKGROUND High Pollution Advisory (HPA) | Notifies the public that the level of an air pollutant is forecast to exceed the federal health standard. High Pollution Watch (HPW) | Notifies the public when there is potential for a pollutant to exceed the federal health standard. Ozone Fact Sheet | View >   FIND THE FORECAST Air Quality Hourly Forecast | View >