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AEUS41 KALY 161627
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NYC059-085-047-081-061-005-119-087-170600-

AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION ALBANY NY
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1126 AM EDT THU FEB 16 2006


THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION HAS  
ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY HEALTH ADVISORY...UNTIL 1 AM ON FRIDAY...FOR 
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... 

RICHMOND, KINGS, QUEENS, NEW YORK, BRONX, WESTCHESTER, ROCKLAND.

AIR QUALITY LEVELS IN OUTDOOR AIR ARE PREDICTED TO BE GREATER THAN 
AN AQI VALUE OF 100. THE AIR QUALITY INDEX, OR AQI, WAS CREATED AS 
AN EASY WAY TO CORRELATE LEVELS OF DIFFERENT POLLUTANTS TO ONE 
SCALE.  THE HIGHER THE AQI VALUE, THE GREATER THE HEALTH 
CONCERN.       

WHEN POLLUTION LEVELS ARE ELEVATED, THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF 
HEALTH RECOMMENDS THAT INDIVIDUALS CONSIDER LIMITING STRENUOUS 
OUTDOOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ADVERSE HEALTH 
EFFECTS.  PEOPLE WHO MAY BE ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE TO THE EFFECTS OF 
ELEVATED LEVELS OF POLLUTANTS INCLUDE THE VERY YOUNG, AND THOSE WITH 
PRE-EXISTING RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS SUCH AS ASTHMA OR HEART DISEASE. 
THOSE WITH SYMPTOMS SHOULD CONSIDER CONSULTING THEIR PERSONAL 
PHYSICIAN.

A TOLL FREE AIR QUALITY HOTLINE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED SO NEW YORK 
RESIDENTS CAN STAY INFORMED ON THE AIR QUALITY SITUATION.  THE TOLL 
FREE NUMBER IS: 1 800 5 3 5, 1 3 4 5.   
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