Hudson County Under an Air Quality Alert Today
By Jon Whiten • Sep 1st, 2010 • Category: Blog, News
As this week’s small heat wave reaches its peak today, the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is warning that ozone levels will reach high levels throughout the state and has issued another Air Quality Action Day, with an Air Quality Alert in effect from 10 am this morning until 10 pm tonight.
Today’s high temperatures, southerly winds and sunny skies are expected bring ozone levels to the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups category, which calls for children, the elderly, and people with respiratory diseases like asthma to avoid most outdoor activities during the daytime; and for healthy individuals to reduce strenuous outdoor activities, like jogging or exercising outdoors.
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Jon Whiten is the founding editor of the Jersey City Independent; he now works for a public-policy nonprofit in Trenton.
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