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SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT
FOR NEW BRUNSWICK
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA, THE NEW BRUNSWICK DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE NEW BRUNSWICK DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH
AT 8:34 A.M. AST WEDNESDAY 22 JANUARY 2025.
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SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT FOR:
=NEW= EDMUNDSTON AND MADAWASKA COUNTY.
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==DISCUSSION==
ELEVATED POLLUTION LEVELS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
LOCATIONS: EDMUNDSTON AND VICINITY.
TIME SPAN: EARLY THIS MORNING.
REMARKS: POLLUTANTS ARE BEING TRAPPED NEAR THE GROUND SURFACE AND
ARE CURRENTLY CAUSING A REDUCTION IN LOCAL AIR QUALITY. CONDITIONS
WILL IMPROVE LATER THIS MORNING AS WINDS AND TEMPERATURES INCREASE.
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.
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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