You can get air quality right now from this site on where you are living today link below

[Stuart G]

Air Now. gov....Site ..Current Air Pollution all over the country in cities everywhere in U.S.

https://www.airnow.gov/

[MarineCombatEngineer]

1. Where I'm at right now is showing good air quality.

That's a really cool website.

[Stuart G]

3. Where I live in Skokie Illinois is also good . When it is very bad, I have difficulty breathing.

Overall the air quality has improved over the years. Why? Clean Air rules. Pollution Controls on cars, no coal burning,
solar power, wind power, nuke power..etc..

[MarineCombatEngineer]

6. And now, with the latest developments regarding Sens. Schumer and Manchin,

we can expect more movement on cleaning up our environment.

[ARPad95]

2. All good at my spot in the country!

Primary Pollutant
This pollutant currently has the highest forecasted AQI in the area.

OZONE
45 Good
Enjoy your outdoor activities.

Other Pollutants
PM2.5
35 Good

Why is PM2 5 so harmful?

PM2.5 (particles less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter) can penetrate deeply into the lung, irritate and corrode the alveolar wall, and consequently impair lung function.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4740125/

[StarryNite]

4. Good resource to have.

Thank you!

[Stuart G]

5. Real Reason Why People became concerned about Bad Air. London Smog killed thousands in 1952

The Great Smog of London, or Great Smog of 1952, was a severe air pollution event that affected London, England, in December 1952. A period of unusually cold weather, combined with an anticyclone and windless conditions, collected airborne pollutants—mostly arising from the use of coal—to form a thick layer of smog over the city. It lasted from Friday 5 December to Tuesday 9 December 1952, then dispersed quickly when the weather changed.[3]

The smog caused major disruption by reducing visibility and even penetrating indoor areas, far more severely than previous smog events, called "pea-soupers". Government medical reports in the weeks following the event estimated that up to 4,000 people had died as a direct result of the smog[1] and 100,000 more were made ill by the smog's effects on the human respiratory tract. More recent research suggests that the total number of fatalities may have been considerably greater, with estimates of between 10,000 and 12,000 deaths.[1]

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After this event, that killed thousands, and injured 100,000 or more, a massive movement began to clean up the air everywhere..

What was done to improve air:

1.NO COAL BURNING IN CITIES FOR HEAT IN HOMES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD (yes, when I was young,
as a kid they burned coal for heat in homes. Coal was cheap and very available where I lived.)
2. Large steam engines for trains were removed and replaced by cleaner diesel engines.
3. NO COAL BURNING IN CITIES FOR ELECTRICITY IN MANY PLACES
4. Gasoline quality changed
5. Automobiles pollution changed and cleaned up almost completely
6. Air quality was monitored for the first time.
7. Some areas now have solar power
8. Some areas now have wind power

These were just some of the efforts to clean the air...Many more improved air quality greatly!

[Native]

7. Excellent resource!

[diane in sf]

8. And there's purple air.com, good for particulates. This area is heavily monitored because we had a

mass poisoning a few years back when a ship by the ConocoPhillips dock dropped a load of bunker oil in the Bay. Imagine a heavy, oily smell that’s a combination of diesel and burning plastic…