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Columbus, OH
Sunny, 8:25 PM
70- Precipitation: 0%
- Humidity: 43%
- Wind: 3 mph
Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.(Air quality powered by Breezometer)
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Every day the Air Quality Index (AQI) tells you how clean or polluted your outdoor air is, along with associated health effects that may be of concern. Air Quality Index (AQI) & Health. Millions of people live in areas where air pollution can cause serious health problems. Local air quality can affect our daily lives. Like the weather, it can ...
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The Air Quality Index (AQI) is used for reporting daily air quality. It tells you how clean or polluted your air is, and what associated health effects might be a concern for you. The AQI focuses on health effects you may experience within a few hours or days after breathing polluted air. EPA calculates the AQI for five major air pollutants ...
The Air Quality Index is based on measurement of particulate matter (PM 2.5 and PM 10), Ozone (O 3), Nitrogen Dioxide (NO 2), Sulfur Dioxide (SO 2) and Carbon Monoxide (CO) emissions. Most of the stations on the map are monitoring both PM 2.5 and PM 10 data, but there are few exceptions where only PM 10 is available.
AqiAir Pollution LevelHealth ImplicationsCautionary Statement (for Pm2.5)0 - 50GoodAir quality is considered satisfactory, ...None51 -100ModerateAir quality is acceptable; however, for ...Active children and adults, and people ...101-150Unhealthy for Sensitive GroupsMembers of sensitive groups may ...Active children and adults, and people ...151-200UnhealthyEveryone may begin to experience health ...Active children and adults, and people ...In 2020, New York State had some of its cities come in with some fairly high readings of PM2.5 for their yearly averages. Queens County came in with a PM2.5 reading of 10.2 μg/m³, placing it in the ‘good’ air quality ratings bracket, which requires a PM2.5 reading of anywhere between 12.1 to 35.4 μg/m³ to be classified as such.