Smoke from Canadian wildfires blanketed a large swath of the Midwest and northeastern United States on Monday and Tuesday, casting a thick haze that made for some Instagram-worthy sunrises and sunsets.
It also prompted air quality alerts in at least eight states, with health officials warning those in sensitive groups, such as children, people with heart or lung disease or over the age of 65, to limit their time outdoors.
, air quality alerts were issued for Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont and New Hampshire."Smoke is made of gasses and particles, the same pollutants which are responsible for poor air quality," explained Dr. Boris Quennehen, an air quality scientist with Plume Labs who spoke to Accuweather.
In New York City, the Air Quality Index — which measures air quality and the amount of pollutants in the air on a 0-500 scale — is currently the second worst in the U.S., at 166, a level that is considered “unhealthy.” "It's enough smoke particulate in the air that this could be a concern for air quality, not only for sensitive groups but for just about everybody that lives in the Northeast,"The air quality in Indianapolis and Dayton, Ohio, was only slightly better, at an AQI of 161, but still considered unhealthy., with more than half considered to be"out of control.
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