What the Air Quality Index Means for Your Health—and How to Stay Safe
Learn what the air quality index (AQI) means, how it impacts your health, and how to stay safe when pollution is high.
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Where air pollution is worsening — or improving
Erin Davis/Axios Visuals Air quality is worsening in the Upper Midwest and Northern California, according to year-over-year data. Why it matters: Poor air quality can lead to long-term health problems ...
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Is the air quality index actually useful right now?
Indicators like the Air Quality Index (AQI), commonly used to track air pollution levels, provide a rough sense of the ...
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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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US is the country most vulnerable to air pollution anywhere in the world
The US has topped a list of 175 countries of where citizens are most at risk from the adverse health effects of air pollution ...
Why It’s So Confusing to Determine Air Quality in Los Angeles Right Now
Calculating air pollution from wildfires and other events has become more complicated. That doesn’t mean it’s necessarily ...
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Air pollution and brain damage: what the science says
A colleague had been studying how air pollution ... more findings). Pollution is a hugely complex mix of gaseous and particulate components that differ depending on the source.