{"id":115541,"date":"2025-08-03T12:10:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T12:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/115541\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T12:10:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T12:10:12","slug":"air-quality-alert-issued-for-much-of-upstate-ny-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/115541\/","title":{"rendered":"Air quality alert issued for much of upstate NY: What to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York Connect Team<br \/>\n\u00a0|\u00a0 USA Today Network<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/60387f7a-05cc-46d7-9e8e-d1f096c35666-Sequence_02.00_00_00_00.Still001.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>How to protect pets when Canada&#8217;s wildfire smoke affects air quality<\/p>\n<p>Canada&#8217;s wildfires affected air quality for millions in the U.S. If you can feel the effects, your pets can too. Here is what to do to protect them.<\/p>\n<p>Anastasiia Riddle, Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has issued an <strong>air quality health advisory<\/strong> for <strong>fine particulate matter<\/strong>, in effect <strong>from midnight Saturday through midnight Sunday night<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The advisory applies to multiple counties across Upstate New York, including:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Western and Central NY:<\/strong> Niagara, Orleans, Monroe, Wayne, Northern Cayuga, Oswego, Jefferson, Lewis, Erie, Genesee, Wyoming, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, and Southern Erie.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Adirondack Region:<\/strong> Northern Herkimer, Hamilton, and Northern Warren counties.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Air Quality Index exceeds safe levels<\/p>\n<p>Air quality levels are expected to rise above an <strong>Air Quality Index (AQI) value of 100<\/strong>, indicating elevated levels of fine particulate pollution. The higher the AQI, the greater the health risk.<\/p>\n<p>The New York State Department of Health advises residents\u2014especially young children, seniors, and individuals with asthma, heart disease, or other respiratory conditions\u2014to limit <strong>strenuous outdoor activities<\/strong> during the advisory period.<\/p>\n<p>Health recommendations<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Avoid extended time outdoors, especially during high-pollution hours.<\/li>\n<li>Individuals with respiratory symptoms or pre-existing conditions should consult their physician if symptoms worsen.<\/li>\n<li>Monitor local air quality updates and follow public health guidance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How to track the air quality in your neighborhood<\/p>\n<p>You can track air quality in New York through the state Department of Environmental Conservation&#8217;s Air Quality Index by visiting\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dec.ny.gov\/environmental-protection\/air-quality\/air-quality-index-forecast-current-observations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dec.ny.gov<\/a>. Air quality across the country can also be tracked through\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fire.airnow.gov\/#4\/43.37\/-84.17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fire.airnow.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More information<\/p>\n<p>To check real-time air quality updates or learn more, visit the DEC&#8217;s website at <a href=\"https:\/\/on.ny.gov\/nyaqi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/on.ny.gov\/nyaqi<\/a> or call the Air Quality Hotline at <strong>1-800-535-1345<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York Connect Team \u00a0|\u00a0 USA Today Network How to protect pets when Canada&#8217;s wildfire smoke affects air&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":115542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,2542,23697,454,7007,23700,210,5376,18302,425,2551,644,663,942,635,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,450,950,12647,881,645,646,67,586,132,5230,16235,8073,68,2969,313,636],"class_list":{"0":"post-115541","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-connect","10":"tag-environmental","11":"tag-government","12":"tag-green","13":"tag-green-living-u0026-environmental-issues","14":"tag-health","15":"tag-issues","16":"tag-living","17":"tag-local","18":"tag-local-connect","19":"tag-modular","20":"tag-modular-story","21":"tag-neutral","22":"tag-new","23":"tag-new-york","24":"tag-new-york-city","25":"tag-newyork","26":"tag-newyorkcity","27":"tag-ny","28":"tag-nyc","29":"tag-overall","30":"tag-overall-neutral","31":"tag-public","32":"tag-public-health","33":"tag-story","34":"tag-u0026","35":"tag-united-states","36":"tag-united-states-of-america","37":"tag-unitedstates","38":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","39":"tag-upstate","40":"tag-upstate-new-york","41":"tag-us","42":"tag-usa","43":"tag-weather","44":"tag-york"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114964766761886455","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}