Index
Values |
Levels
of Health
Concern |
Cautionary
Statements |
0-50 |
Good |
None |
51-100* |
Moderate |
Unusually sensitive people should consider reducing
prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors. |
101-150 |
Unhealthy for Sensitive
Groups |
Active children and adults, and people with lung
disease, such as asthma, should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion
outdoors. |
151-200 |
Unhealthy |
Active children and adults,
and people with lung disease, such as asthma, should avoid prolonged
or heavy exertion outdoors. Everyone else, especially children, should
reduce prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors. |
201-300 |
Very
Unhealthy |
Active children and adults,
and people with lung disease, such as asthma, should avoid all outdoor
exertion. Everyone else, especially children, should avoid prolonged
or heavy exertion outdoors. |
301-500 |
Hazardous |
Everyone should avoid all
physical activity outdoors. |
Figure 15: The AQI Guide for Ozone includes
cautionary statements and actions people can take to reduce their
risk from exposure to air pollution at different levels of health
concern. This information can be found online at http://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=aqibasics.aqi,
along with AQI tables for other air pollutants.
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