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                  Air Quality Index for Ozone

AIR   QUALITY   INDEX
Index Value
Descriptors
Cautionary Statements for Ozone
0 to 50
Good
 None.
51 to 100
Moderate
 Unusually sensitive people should consider      limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
101 to 150
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
 Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.
151 to 200
Unhealthy
 Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid prolonged outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.
201 to 300
Very Unhealthy
 Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid all outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit outdoor exertion.

Things you can do to reduce ground level ozone concentration:

- Reduce driving!  Carpool, use public transportation, walk, or bicycle to reduce ozone pollution, especially on hot summer days.
- Reduce air pollution from cars, trucks, gas-powered lawn and garden equipment, boats and other engines by keeping equipment properly tuned and maintained.
- During the summer, fill your gas tank during the cooler evening hours and be careful not to spill gasoline.
- Help electric utilities reduce ozone air pollution by conserving energy at home and the office.
- Consider setting your thermostat a little higher in the summer.
- Use low VOC paints and solvents. And be sure to read labels for proper use and disposal.
- Use household and garden chemicals wisely.