New Yorkers deal with air quality issues

Name: New Yorkers deal with air quality issues
Uploaded: 2023-06-08T02:07:54Z
Description: The air quality index, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency metric for air pollution, exceeded a staggering 400 at times in Syracuse, New York City and Pennsylvania?s Lehigh Valley. A level of 50 or under is considered good; anything over 300 is considered ?hazardous,? when even healthy people are advised to curtail outdoor physical activity.

The air quality index, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency metric for air pollution, exceeded a staggering 400 at times in Syracuse, New York City and Pennsylvania?s Lehigh Valley. A level of 50 or under is considered good; anything over 300 is considered ?hazardous,? when even healthy people are advised to curtail outdoor physical activity.

Posted June 7, 2023 10:07pm EDT