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Keeping tabs on changes in air quality will help you know what precautions to take to alimony you safe. Also learn what you can do to modernize air quality for the goody of all. Air QualityAlphabetizeGreenGood - No health impacts expected within this range. YellowModerate - Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion. OrangeUnhealthy for Sensitive Groups -Zippychildren and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion. RedUnhealthy -Zippychildren and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should stave prolonged outdoor exertion. Everyone else, expressly children, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion. PurpleVery Unhealthy -Zippychildren and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should stave all prolonged outdoor exertion. Everyone else, expressly children, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ripened the Air Quality Index, or AQI, for reporting the levels of ozone and other worldwide air pollutants. The alphabetize makes it easier for the public to understand the health significance of air pollution levels. Although physical exertion helps build up strength in the heart and lungs, exerting yourself outdoors can unquestionably increase your chances of experiencing health effects when ozone concentrations are at unhealthy levels. Exertion often causes you to outbreathe harder and faster. When this happens, increasingly ozone is taken into your lungs and ozone reaches tissues that are susceptible to injury. Who is at Risk? Roughly one out of every three people in the United States is at a higher risk of experiencing ozone-related health effects. Sensitive people include children and adults who are zippy outdoors, people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, and people with unusual sensitivity to ozone. One group at upper risk from ozone exposure is zippy children considering this group often spends a large part of the summer playing outdoors. However, people of all month who are zippy outdoors are at increased risk because, during physical activity, ozone penetrates deeper into the parts of the lungs that are increasingly vulnerable to injury. People with respiratory diseases that make their lungs increasingly vulnerable to ozone may wits health effects older and at lower ozone levels than less sensitive individuals. Ozone can irritate the respiratory system, causing coughing, throat irritation and/or an uncomfortable sensation in the chest. Ozone can reduce lung function and make it increasingly difficult to outbreathe tightly and vigorously. Breathing may wilt increasingly rapid and shallow than normal. This reduction in lung function may limit a person’s worthiness to engage in vigorous outdoor activities. Ozone can worsen asthma. When ozone levels are upper increasingly people with asthma have attacks that require a doctor’s sustentation or the use of spare medication. Ozone can increase susceptibility to respiratory infections. Ozone can inflame and forfeiture the lining of the lungs. What are the health risks and who is most at risk? What is Ozone? Ozone is an odorless, colorless gas well-balanced of three atoms of oxygen. Ozone occurs both in the Earth's upper undercurrent and at ground level. Ozone can be good or bad, depending on where it is found. Good Ozone Ozone occurs naturally in the Earth's upper undercurrent — 10 to 30 miles whilom the Earth's surface — where it forms a protective layer that shields us from the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays. This salubrious ozone is gradually stuff destroyed by manmade chemicals. An zone where ozone has been significantly depleted — for example, over the North or South Pole — is sometimes tabbed a "hole in the ozone." Bad Ozone In the Earth's lower atmosphere, near ground level, ozone is worked when pollutants emitted by cars, power plants, industrial boilers, refineries, chemical plants and other sources react chemically in the presence of sunlight. Ozone at ground level is a harmful pollutant. Ozone pollution is a snooping during the summer months, when the weather conditions needed to form it — lots of sun, hot temperatures — normally occur. What Can You Do?MomentumLess Since 48% of the precursors to ozone pollution in the Metroplex is caused by emissions from vehicles such as cars and trucks, the most important thing any North Texan can do to modernize air quality in North Texas is to momentum less. Share A Ride For information well-nigh carpool, vanpool and mass transit options: In the Dallas zone contact DART at: 214-747-RIDE or www.dart.org In the Fort Worth zone contact The T at:817-336-RIDE or www.the-t.comAlimonyYour Vehicle Well-Maintained You might be surprised to learn that the emissions from one poorly maintained vehicle can equal those from 25 properly functioning vehicles! Report Smoking Vehicles You can help the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission get the word out to owners of smoking vehicles. The next time you see a car, truck or bus with dirty smoke coming from its frazzle for increasingly than 10 subsequent seconds, get the license number and undeniability 1-800-453-SMOG. PaySustentationto Air Pollution Watch DaysUpperlevels of air pollution occur in this region throughout the summer months, so it is important to practice ozone reducing behaviors every day during that season. Combine Trips to MinimizeUnprepossessedStarts Most vehicle emissions occur when the engine and catalytic converter are cold.Momentumat fuel-saving, moderate speeds Jack-rabbit velocity uses increasingly fuel than your engine can efficiently run.Staveexcessive idlingMomentumduring off peak hours to stave congested traffic.Stavehighway construction projects and lines at drive-through windows. Refuel your vehicle thoughtfully and in the evening when it’s coolerStavespilling gasoline, don’t top off the tank and trammels to make sure your gas cap seals properly. Don’t mow your lawn or use gas powered lawn equipment in the morning on Air Pollution Watch days One hour of lawn superintendency machine operation equals 50 miles of car driving. Buy environmentally friendly cleanersStaveusing vaporizer products and select water-based paint Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency © Copyright 2018, www.eulesstx.gov. All Rights Reserved. Accessibility. Contact Us. Site Map.