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WOCN23 CWWG 021430
SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT
FOR SASKATCHEWAN
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 8:30 A.M. CST SATURDAY 2 MARCH 2024.
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SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT FOR:
=NEW= CITY OF REGINA.
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==DISCUSSION==
POOR AIR QUALITY CONDITIONS THIS MORNING.
INDIVIDUALS MAY EXPERIENCE SYMPTOMS SUCH AS INCREASED COUGHING,
THROAT IRRITATION, HEADACHES OR SHORTNESS OF BREATH. CHILDREN,
SENIORS, AND THOSE WITH CARDIOVASCULAR OR LUNG DISEASE, SUCH AS
ASTHMA, ARE ESPECIALLY AT RISK.
OLDER ADULTS MAY BE MORE AFFECTED BY AIR POLLUTION EXPOSURE,
POSSIBLY BECAUSE THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE PRE-EXISTING LUNG AND
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE.
IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS, SUCH AS COUGHING OR THROAT
IRRITATION, CONSIDER REDUCING OR RESCHEDULING STRENUOUS OUTDOOR
ACTIVITIES UNTIL THE SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT IS LIFTED.
EXPOSURE TO AIR POLLUTION IS PARTICULARLY A HEALTH CONCERN FOR
PEOPLE WITH HEART OR BREATHING PROBLEMS, THOSE WITH DIABETES,
CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY.
PLEASE CALL HEALTHLINE 811 FOR ADVICE ON HEALTH RISKS, SYMPTOMS AND
PRECAUTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH AIR QUALITY.
VISIT HTTP://WWW.AIRHEALTH.CA FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO REDUCE YOUR
HEALTH RISK AND YOUR PERSONAL CONTRIBUTION TO POLLUTION LEVELS, AS
WELL AS FOR CURRENT AND FORECAST AQHI VALUES.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA.
HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA
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