{"id":7355,"date":"2016-06-10T18:01:53","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T22:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=7355"},"modified":"2016-06-10T18:01:53","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T22:01:53","slug":"air-quality-another-source-of-stress-on-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2016\/06\/air-quality-another-source-of-stress-on-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Quality: Another source of stress on workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In my previous post I discussed the impacts of high heat on outdoor workers. \u00a0Another source of stress is poor air quality, which can be either from high particulate levels or from corrosive ground-level ozone. \u00a0Both of these can put stress on breathing in vulnerable populations. \u00a0You can get air quality information from the Environmental Protection Agency at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/airnow.gov\/index.cfm?action=airnow.main\">https:\/\/airnow.gov\/index.cfm?action=airnow.main<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In Georgia, for example, air quality is monitored by Georgia&#8217;s Environmental Protection Division by the Georgia State Climatologist. \u00a0Today&#8217;s Air Quality Index is Unhealthy for Atlanta, for example, and Very Unhealthy for points northwest of Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/06\/cur_aqi_atlanta_ga.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7356\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/06\/cur_aqi_atlanta_ga-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"cur_aqi_atlanta_ga\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/06\/cur_aqi_atlanta_ga-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/06\/cur_aqi_atlanta_ga-181x138.jpg 181w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/06\/cur_aqi_atlanta_ga.jpg 525w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/06\/forecast_aqi_20160610_al_ga_fl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7357\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/06\/forecast_aqi_20160610_al_ga_fl-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"forecast_aqi_20160610_al_ga_fl\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/06\/forecast_aqi_20160610_al_ga_fl-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/06\/forecast_aqi_20160610_al_ga_fl-181x138.jpg 181w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/06\/forecast_aqi_20160610_al_ga_fl.jpg 525w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my previous post I discussed the impacts of high heat on outdoor workers. \u00a0Another source of stress is poor air quality, which can be either from high particulate levels or from corrosive ground-level ozone. \u00a0Both of these can put stress on breathing in vulnerable populations. \u00a0You can get air quality information from the Environmental 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