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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 2:32 A.M. AST THURSDAY 23 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: COLD WEATHER WITH LIGHT WINDS MAY GIVE LOCALIZED AREAS OF
POOR AIR QUALITY FROM POLLUTANTS EARLY THIS MORNING. CONDITIONS
SHOULD IMPROVE LATER THIS MORNING AS TEMPERATURES RISE.
AREAS OF POOR AIR QUALITY MAY ALSO OCCUR EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AS
WELL.
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.
EXPOSURE TO AIR POLLUTION IS PARTICULARLY A CONCERN FOR CHILDREN,
THE ELDERLY, AND THOSE WHO HAVE UNDERLYING MEDICAL CONDITIONS SUCH
AS LUNG OR HEART DISEASE.
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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