How Do You Respond To An Air Quality Action Day For Ozone (USA)?
• Refuel cars and trucks after dusk. This is the time when emissions are less likely to produce ozone. • Delay using gasoline-powered lawn and garden equipment. Delay using these items until air quality is healthy again. • Delay using household, workshop, and garden chemicals. Wait until air quality is healthy again. • Be aware of the Air Quality Index. Learn what the different readings mean for your health. The Airnow website provides daily air quality reports for many areas. These reports use the Air Quality Index (or AQI) (shown here) to tell you how clean or polluted the air is. Be air clean conscious at all times. Be a part of helping to reduce the need to declare Air Quality Action Days. You can do your part in reducing air pollution by following the steps in this article.
