Alert
Air Quality Alert: Very Unhealthy for All

No alert issued currently.

Sometimes an air-quality alert is issued because ozone or particulate levels are high enough to be harmful to:

• people with asthma, emphysema, chronic heart and other respiratory conditions,
• children
• older adults
• anyone is outside for longer periods of time, especially doing strenuous activity

Health effects include:

• Shortness of breath
• eye, throat, and nasal irritation
• coughing
• chest tightness  

During such an alert, health officials at Columbus Public Health advise everyone to avoid strenuous outdoor activity and to reduce the amount of time they spend outdoors during this alert.

View the Air Quality Forecast
To view the current and up-to-date air quality forecast, visit the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission’s website at http://airquality.morpc.org/.

More Information
For more on air quality, ozone levels, and particulate pollution, go to Air Quality.