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WOCN21 CWUL 022113
SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT
FOR QUEBEC
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 5:13 P.M. EDT SATURDAY 2 AUGUST 2025.
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SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT FOR:
=NEW= PORTNEUF AREA
=NEW= VALCARTIER - STONEHAM AREA
=NEW= QUEBEC AREA
=NEW= COTE-DE-BEAUPRE - L'ILE D'ORLEANS AREA
GATINEAU
WESTERN QUEBEC
MAURICIE
LA TUQUE
LAURENTIANS WILDLIFE RESERVE
FALARDEAU - MONT-VALIN AREA
SAINTE-ROSE-DU-NORD AREA
VILLE DE SAGUENAY AREA
RIVIERE-ETERNITE - PETIT-SAGUENAY AREA
LAC-SAINT-JEAN
CHIBOUGAMAU.
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==DISCUSSION==
SMOKE FROM WILDFIRES IN THE PRAIRIES WILL CAUSE POOR AIR QUALITY AND
REDUCED VISIBILITIES UNTIL SUNDAY.
PEOPLE MOST LIKELY TO SUFFER HEALTH EFFECTS FROM AIR
POLLUTION, INCLUDING PEOPLE AGED 65 AND OLDER,
PREGNANT PEOPLE, INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN,
PEOPLE WITH AN EXISTING ILLNESS OR CHRONIC HEALTH
CONDITION, AND PEOPLE WHO WORK OUTDOORS, SHOULD AVOID STRENUOUS
ACTIVITIES OUTDOORS AND SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION IF EXPERIENCING
SYMPTOMS.
AS SMOKE LEVELS INCREASE, HEALTH RISKS INCREASE. LIMIT TIME
OUTDOORS. CONSIDER REDUCING OR RESCHEDULING OUTDOOR SPORTS,
ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS.
YOU MAY EXPERIENCE MILD AND COMMON SYMPTOMS SUCH AS EYE, NOSE AND
THROAT IRRITATION, HEADACHES OR A MILD COUGH. MORE SERIOUS BUT LESS
COMMON SYMPTOMS INCLUDE WHEEZING, CHEST PAINS OR SEVERE COUGH. IF
YOU THINK YOU ARE HAVING A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, SEEK IMMEDIATE MEDICAL
ASSISTANCE.
WHEN INDOORS, KEEP WINDOWS AND DOORS CLOSED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
WHEN THERE IS AN EXTREME HEAT EVENT OCCURRING WITH POOR AIR QUALITY,
PRIORITIZE KEEPING COOL.
PROTECT YOUR INDOOR AIR FROM WILDFIRE SMOKE. ACTIONS CAN INCLUDE
USING A CLEAN, GOOD QUALITY AIR FILTER IN YOUR VENTILATION SYSTEM
AND/OR A CERTIFIED PORTABLE AIR CLEANER THAT CAN FILTER FINE
PARTICLES.
IF YOU MUST SPEND TIME OUTDOORS, A WELL-CONSTRUCTED, WELL-FITTING
AND PROPERLY WORN RESPIRATOR TYPE MASK (SUCH AS A NIOSH-CERTIFIED
N95 OR EQUIVALENT RESPIRATOR) CAN REDUCE YOUR EXPOSURE TO THE FINE
PARTICLES IN THE SMOKE. EVEN THOUGH EXPOSURE MAY BE REDUCED, THERE
CAN STILL BE RISKS TO HEALTH.
CHECK IN ON OTHERS WHO ARE IN YOUR CARE OR LIVE NEARBY WHO MAY BE
MORE LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED BY OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION.
ALWAYS FOLLOW GUIDANCE FROM LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
LEARN MORE AT HTTPS://WWW.CANADA.CA/WILDFIRE-SMOKE.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA.
HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA
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