You can add current unhealthy levels of smog right now to the presence of COVID-!9 particles as a worry for people in so-called "sensitive groups" - including the elderly and those with asthma, lung and heart disease - in Wisconsin's lakeshore counties.
I'm sure this alert will be extended, perhaps broadened geographically, given the forecast for greater heat and humidity, and I want to again remind people living in these counties that air quality standards were loosened in the area by Trump's EPA
to give Foxconn and other industries a break on their pollution mitigation expenditures and performance.
From the WI DNR this evening:
I'm sure this alert will be extended, perhaps broadened geographically, given the forecast for greater heat and humidity, and I want to again remind people living in these counties that air quality standards were loosened in the area by Trump's EPA
to give Foxconn and other industries a break on their pollution mitigation expenditures and performance.
From the WI DNR this evening:
Advisory for Ozone (Orange)
| Start Time: | 5:30PM CT Friday, July 17, 2020 |
| End Time: | 11:00PM CT Friday, July 17, 2020 |
| Counties: | Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan |
AIR QUALITY INDEX CHART
| Air Quality Index (AQI) Values |
Levels of Health Concern | Colors |
| When the AQI is in this range: |
...air quality conditions are: | ...as symbolized by this color: |
| 0 to 50 | Good | Green |
| 51 to 100 | Moderate | Yellow |
| 101 to 150 | Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups |
Orange |
| 151 to 200 | Unhealthy | Red |
| 201 to 300 | Very Unhealthy | Purple |
| 301 to 500 | Hazardous | Maroon |