People of color:<\/strong> 518,317<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nHow to protect yourself when the air quality is bad outside<\/p>\n
On poor air quality days, here are some tips<\/a> from the American Lung Association to protect yourself:<\/p>\n\n- Reduce the time you spend outdoors when the Air Quality Index (AQI) value is high. Also, reduce the intensity of outdoor activity. According to the EPA, the chances of being affected by unhealthy levels of air pollution increase the longer a person is active outdoors and the more strenuous the activity.\u00a0<\/li>\n
- If you must go outdoors, consider wearing a mask. \u201cUnfortunately, not all masks provide adequate protection against particle pollution. Cloth or dust masks, for instance, may not effectively filter out fine particles. However, well-fitted N95 or KN95 masks have better filtration capabilities and may be beneficial on days when the AQI level of concern is high.<\/li>\n
- Keep your indoor air healthy by keeping the windows and doors closed. Run air conditioning on the recirculate setting, use a portable HEPA air cleaner or, if it is difficult to maintain clean air in your entire house, create a\u00a0clean room.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What air quality means and how it is determined: Video Good air quality means few pollutants, while poor…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":326959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[162740,691,2529,2836,12986,5229,8015,93050,9858,24321,93411,66694,235,15095,40452,6997,10109,285,26137,745,162741,3059,3432,162742,19635,17998,8314,945,953,109013,2488,746,23697,3188,723,7007,23700,210,2487,5376,7310,641,18302,57878,28326,644,663,451,450,457,2128,12647,881,27521,159,645,2490,17541,639,661,646,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,467,313,640],"class_list":{"0":"post-326958","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-accuweather-com","9":"tag-ai","10":"tag-air","11":"tag-air-pollution","12":"tag-air-quality","13":"tag-america","14":"tag-american","15":"tag-american-lung-association","16":"tag-association","17":"tag-asthma","18":"tag-atmospheric","19":"tag-atmospheric-science","20":"tag-cancer","21":"tag-cardiovascular","22":"tag-cardiovascular-disease","23":"tag-change","24":"tag-climate","25":"tag-climate-change","26":"tag-climate-science","27":"tag-computing","28":"tag-copd","29":"tag-county","30":"tag-data","31":"tag-data-computing","32":"tag-disease","33":"tag-duval","34":"tag-duval-county","35":"tag-ecology","36":"tag-ecology-u0026-environment","37":"tag-eldercare","38":"tag-enabled","39":"tag-environment","40":"tag-environmental","41":"tag-fl","42":"tag-florida","43":"tag-green","44":"tag-green-living-u0026-environmental-issues","45":"tag-health","46":"tag-highlights","47":"tag-issues","48":"tag-jacksonville","49":"tag-know","50":"tag-living","51":"tag-lung","52":"tag-lung-cancer","53":"tag-modular","54":"tag-modular-story","55":"tag-negative","56":"tag-overall","57":"tag-overall-negative","58":"tag-pollution","59":"tag-public","60":"tag-public-health","61":"tag-quality","62":"tag-science","63":"tag-story","64":"tag-story-highlights-ai-enabled","65":"tag-temperatures","66":"tag-ttp","67":"tag-ttp-what-we-know","68":"tag-u0026","69":"tag-united-states","70":"tag-united-states-of-america","71":"tag-unitedstates","72":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","73":"tag-us","74":"tag-usa","75":"tag-we","76":"tag-weather","77":"tag-what"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326958","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=326958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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