New Englanders Offered Free Smog Forecasts and Alerts

Environment News Service, May, 2004 by staff

BOSTON, Massachusetts (ENS) — To help the public prepare if there is poor air quality this summer, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is offering free air quality forecasts and alerts.

Current air quality conditions and next day forecasts are available each day at the agency’s website at: http://www.epa.gov/region1/airquality/smogalrt.html.

These alerts, provided free by EPA in cooperation with the New England states, automatically notify participants by e-mail or fax when high concentrations of ground-level ozone or fine particles are predicted in their area.

“Ground-level ozone smog is a significant public health threat in the Northeast," said Robert Varney, regional administrator of EPA’s New England Office. “New Englanders should pay close...

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